They had now reached the road which turns off to Sleepy hollow; but gunpowder, who seemed possessed with a demon, instead of keeping up, it made an opposite turn, and plunged headlong downhill to the left. This road leads through a sandy hollow, shaded by trees for about a quarter of a mile, where it crosses the bridge famous in goblin story, and just beyond swells the green knoll on which stands the whitewashed church.