”anbeoffnoy,”ralphsaid,rising.”ouewsisbad,</p>
foriteaocutthelineaswehad</p>
expected.thesebeveryeasilycaughtasleep.”</p>
”no,indeed,”percysaid.”theideaofcuttingthelinesoundedso</p>
easy,adistaitisquiteadifferent</p>
tter,noearehere.”</p>
upontheirretutheyfoundedifficultytheplacewhere</p>
theyhadhiddentheirunifaingedclothes,and</p>
thenadeupinto</p>
buheyreehevillage,andstraightto</p>
headquarters.</p>
jorteediheotherofficers,andreceived</p>
thegreatpleasure;forhehadbeenanxious,allday,lest</p>
<hadhadnothing</p>
toeat,sintosit</p>
doilitarydisciplineisfarlessstrithese</p>
tters,infrahanitisinengland;andangtherpsof</p>
franctireursespeciallyasangtheenglishvolunteers,where</p>
theprivateisinnycasesequalto,orsuperiorto,hisofficer</p>
insouchputaside,</p>
exceptonduty.</p>
”andyousaythattheyhaveaseeveryfiftyorsixty</p>
yards,alongtheline”jorteesaid,whenralphhadgivenan</p>
ae,tobe</p>
fataltoourplans.”</p>
”ahefirst</p>
panyasked.”itseetothatnothinguldbeeasier.</p>
suppose,thesentrieswouldbe</p>
atonadeprisoners;andevenallowingasyoung</p>
barclaysaysthattherearetroopsinallthevillages,itwould</p>
beagoodhalfhourbeforeaforce,suffittodisturbus,uld</p>
arrive.”</p>
”thatistrueenough,”jorteeansuldwedo,</p>
inhalfanhhtpullupt</p>
realadvahelineofsentriesalong</p>
theraililes,in</p>
halfasnynutes;arainsoppedlongbefore</p>
theyarrivedatthebreak.eaarries,iknoenand</p>
terialsforrepairingtheline;andasitpossiblefor</p>
ustocarryaup,theywouldbe</p>
replaeasittookustotearthep;andthe</p>
nsequehetrafficwouldonlybesuspendedfor</p>
anhourortost.forabreaktobeofaility,</p>
ustlastfordays,ifnotforweeks.</p>
”thegreatup,ofurse,hedestruoftherock</p>
tunnelofsavee,hespetofourpresence</p>
here.failingthat,usttryabridge.thetunnel,however,is</p>
thegreataffair.oroyed,there,</p>
fornyypropositionis,therefore,thatuour</p>
attentionatohatpoint.”</p>
thereurrofassent.</p>
”thebestursepanytortto</p>
theotherendofthetunnel,seizeit,ainterference</p>
frohatehersthehesaveeend,and</p>
holditadeforbloup.then,when</p>
the</p>
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