The fifteen hundred remaining feet took us five hours to clear; the circuitous route, the diagonal and the counter marches, must have measured at least three leagues.
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, he keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes, he prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose.
Money" ? The bluntness of his question ruined all hopes of leading up to the matter in any circuitous and sentimental way. " Don't be mean, Rhett, " she coaxed. " I do want some money.
Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.
At one moment he thought, " I will write a letter: I prefer that to any circuitous talk;" at another he thought, " No; if I were talking to him, I could make a retreat before any signs of disinclination" .