The Pathless on Paths---------Chapter VII part 4(7)

“They are searching.” He said.
“Yes,” Emmerich followed. “Not for wholly for us, but for what we are also in search of. They need Dr. Kater, not us. I have brought us, and them, within close proximity of Weathertop, for which we are heading. They may very well find it before we do, having the aerial advantage. A human settlement in these parts may be well hidden from eyes far away, but this close it becomes more obvious than anything else.”
“And even if we get there,” Hunter said, “we might not escape.”