They saw Jim and his comrades no more, and Rollo said he believed he

should never again want to have any thing to do with bad boys
They saw Jim and his comrades no more, and Rollo said he believed he
should never again want to have any thing to do with bad boys.

Following a tow-path which ran by the river, they appeared to be entering

a zone of comparative quiet
Following a tow-path which ran by the river, they appeared to be entering
a zone of comparative quiet. Although the sound of rifle-fire grew more
clear, the noise of the guns came from behind them, but to the right and
the left. For an hour they ran rapidly forward, and it seemed that the
tide of battle had swept to the north, leaving this area denuded of
troops. They saw neither guns nor infantry, although a renewed burst of
machine-gun fire told them they were nearing their unknown destination.