Therefore, if they stayed overnight at their acquaintance's house located in, say, the southwest, and the next day they would come home from that place, they traveled to the southwest and northwest, so that they were able to avoid going to the west.
そこで、いったん他の方角、例えば南西の方角にある知人の家で一夜を明かして翌朝家に帰ることにすれば、移動は南西方向と北西方向になって、西への移動を避けることができる。