There was an immediate clash of steel, and then the foremost pursuer was down, cleft to the jaw.

Officer Travis, in the flight down the avenue, saw, as he looked back, that his foremost pursuer had a pistol.

Tom had another pistol, and even as he reached the ground he turned round and fired full at the foremost pursuer.

Finding at last that he must shortly be overtaken, Sam resolved upon a bold manœuvre, by which to kill his foremost pursuer.

As I plunged into the reeds, my foremost pursuers emerged from the gap.

When he vanished to the right, I slipped in behind, just as our foremost pursuers swept by.

Already Pick was astride Daniel, and the barn owl swooped down on the foremost pursuers, talons extended.

Several others were running across the sands to the cave, attracted by the noise and the cries of the foremost pursuers.