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iedo,there,andtheyotsee us.” itiheyhearda treadquite;andaprussiansoldierpassed,hina yardoflyseethathishood ngtohielfascrap ofsogernair.theylaythereuntilhehadagainpassedthe spot;andthenhavingfoundoutthedireofhisbeatthey utes,hadreachedtheedge oftheforest. theydiderit,asitpossibleinthe densedarkohavedetheirhoutrunningagainst trees,andsnappingoffboughs,. theythereforeskirtedtheedgeknohat,hthetrees behiheythedistanceofayardor tinutesreachedtheplaywas a.astheyapproachedthespot,theygaveashort,low ongtheband,forknowing eachotheronnightexpeditions.itond,in ae,theyongtheirfriends. ”peasked.”ingvery anxiousaboutyou.isentfavartstorenennutesago;
andhehasjustretued,sayingthathehearsoonepag backheroad,andthathebelievesittobea sentry.” ”heans. therestasfaras,at theverylo;andthereareprobablyahundred.wehavebeen prisoners,orsothingverylikeit,andhavehadanstrously closeshaveofit. ”butie.doyoustill thinkofcarryingoutyourplans” ”pesaid,”thatsasteriaeterned tohave,evenifinbed.have youfoundoutwherehelives” ”no,sir,buthepriestlives.itisthis endhouse:theendofthevillage,ohandsideasyou eout.” ”arethesentriesveryclosetogether” ”theyareprettyclose,butnottooclosetopreventourcrawling bet,unobserved,onsuightasthis.” jorteehesitatedforawhile. ”itoohazardous,”hesaid.”he groundoverocrawouldbehardly possibleforthirtys,andfirearto crahoutsnappingsticks,orstrikingriflesagainsta stoneandgivingthealar ”no,thesentryattheentranustbesilenced.” sosaying,thendahenanding round,andexplainedbrieflythepurportofthewhispered ionhralph.hethenchosetive youngn,andtoldtheotakeofftheircloaks,belts,and a,htheirrifles, enainatthespotatheythen overtheirretreat,ifnecessary.theyotake nothingbuttheirsstobe used,exaseofyandailoflightrope. defiruannerinh theirattackade. theythentookofftheirboots,aoffnoiselesslyupontheir enterprise.theyonrapidly,untiltheyhinplain hearingofthefootstepsofthesentinel;andt ...