第22节 (第2/2页)

ardsapart.theserkwardsand

    foreteachother;theuing,untilthey

    facedtheirradeattheotherendoftheirbeat.

    ”anbeoffnoy,”ralphsaid,rising.”ouewsisbad,

    foriteaocutthelineaswehad

    expected.thesebeveryeasilycaughtasleep.”

    ”no,indeed,”percysaid.”theideaofcuttingthelinesoundedso

    easy,adistaitisquiteadifferent

    tter,noearehere.”

    upontheirretutheyfoundedifficultytheplacewhere

    theyhadhiddentheirunifaingedclothes,and

    thenadeupinto

    buheyreehevillage,andstraightto

    headquarters.

    jorteediheotherofficers,andreceived

    thegreatpleasure;forhehadbeenanxious,allday,lest

    
    toeat,sintosit

    doilitarydisciplineisfarlessstrithese

    tters,infrahanitisinengland;andangtherpsof

    franctireursespeciallyasangtheenglishvolunteers,where

    theprivateisinnycasesequalto,orsuperiorto,hisofficer

    insouchputaside,

    exceptonduty.

    ”andyousaythattheyhaveaseeveryfiftyorsixty

    yards,alongtheline”jorteesaid,whenralphhadgivenan

    ae,tobe

    fataltoourplans.”

    ”ahefirst

    panyasked.”itseetothatnothinguldbeeasier.

    suppose,thesentrieswouldbe

    atonadeprisoners;andevenallowingasyoung

    barclaysaysthattherearetroopsinallthevillages,itwould

    beagoodhalfhourbeforeaforce,suffittodisturbus,uld

    arrive.”

    ”thatistrueenough,”jorteeansuldwedo,

    inhalfanhhtpullupt

    realadvahelineofsentriesalong

    theraililes,in

    halfasnynutes;arainsoppedlongbefore

    theyarrivedatthebreak.eaarries,iknoenand

    terialsforrepairingtheline;andasitpossiblefor

    ustocarryaup,theywouldbe

    replaeasittookustotearthep;andthe

    nsequehetrafficwouldonlybesuspendedfor

    anhourortost.forabreaktobeofaility,

    ustlastfordays,ifnotforweeks.

    ”thegreatup,ofurse,hedestruoftherock

    tunnelofsavee,hespetofourpresence

    here.failingthat,usttryabridge.thetunnel,however,is

    thegreataffair.oroyed,there,

    fornyypropositionis,therefore,thatuour

    attentionatohatpoint.”

    thereurrofassent.

    ”thebestursepanytortto

    theotherendofthetunnel,seizeit,ainterference

    frohatehersthehesaveeend,and

    holditadeforbloup.then,when

    the

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