The last sentence in the snippet leads our eye away from the scene, and suggests where the heroes need to go next.
A short way ahead of them, a glow of golden streetlights indicated the centre of the village.
Somewhere in the darkness below him, echoing, drunken laughter indicated the thieves' hideout.
On the other side of the reservoir, a tiny red light suggested the only exit.
Outside the window, a wrought-iron fence barred the way to a green field and the wild woods beyond.
