hadchedthefireoftheforts,round
paris.”
”ifyousleepthere,”thelonelsaid,”youstnotlightafire,
orsho,oryouhefireofahundredgunsupon
us.”
”i
anohus,topassusthroughthesentriesfor,as
itsdarkuspass.”
thelonelgavetheorder,andanorderly.they
stoppedattheookoutalargebundle.
”s,tonight,”ralphsaid.”itisbitterly
ld.
”yn”
thesoldiersleda,drankoffaglassofbrandy,andthen
aiedtheothevilla.shortashedistaheywere
challehesignanduntersignhadtobe
exged.theyreachedthedesertedvilla,threhebundles
inaer;aheorderlysaidgoodnight,aheo
theelves.
chapter16:adesperateattet.
”sood,percy”ralphsaid,heyheardthestreet
doorslaastheorderlyleft.”hithertoost
extraordinarygoodfortuneand,asitsgoingtosnoa
feealongilookuponitasgoodasdone.”
”itusriskofbeinghit,butido
itakechdifferenourriskofbeingdroy
said.”ioagreatdealreafraidofthat,thanof
theother.”
”butitdoes,percy.itkesallthediffereheworld.we
hadagreedthatos;butthat
thesllestquantityofairpossibleintothesothattheyght
giveussoslightassistandyetoobuoyantto
preventusfroiving.noupho
preventthepossibilityofourbeingdroheer,
ahingexceptastraybullet.ina
sno,onsuchadarknightasthis,theyuldnotseeour
headsfiveyardsoff.”
”butisbeabletoseefiveyards,
either;andshouldhavenoideang.”
”ihadnotthoughtofthat,percy.yes,thatwouldbevery
serious,”andralphthought,forsoti.”itseearisk,this,
percy;butiseenoplan,excepttodraheirfire.”
”hoean”percyasked,puzzled.
”yousee,percy,ourideabefetdootheshore,to
putourduyintotheer,andtoletitfloatdownahundred
yardsthelengthofitsstringaostartourselves,
holdiherendofthestring,ihatifthesentries
arereallysharplyonthelookoutthey,
insteadofus,asituspit;
espehdivingasould,andour
ventsforsstring,andkehiob,
likeansng.iftheyonaughtsightofit,theywouldbe
toobusyfiringatittolookaboutforanyoneelse.
”y
altogetherasighthavedone,noe
onustletitfloatgentlydhtyyards;
ahroootheerbyit,soastodrahe
attentionofthesentry.orifthesentriesareprettyfar
apartoneofusghtkeagreatsplashintheer,he
duyisfloating;andthenrunbackbeforethesentrygetsup,and
getintotheerquietly,higherup.theirfireasa
guidetous.”
”aytakeusanhour,oreven
tustgoalonglikeghosts,so
asnottoalarhesentries;aover,
andallsortsofdifficulties.”
”allright,percy.idoheuseofing.
getanyer,bystoppinghere.itslikehavingatoothout.
otodoit,andthesoosdohebetter.
”nowforourbundles.”
theydoairsintoacellarhelightuldnotbe
seenfroutsidestruckalight,andlitadle.thefirst
thingtakenoutofthebundlea,ratherlarger
thanaightlyfilledhrks;hard,a
hundredyardsih,attached.pletesuits,
deofe
terial.
sixiours.
”itthinkthatthatwillbeanygood,ralph.”
”iterhrough;
butainin,aofthebody
it,agooddeal.iassureyou,iter
thanhavingtheicyerfloyou.”
bothboysno
flanneljerseyovertheirflannelshirts,andthenhe
bandagesofindiarubberroundeachothersbodies.theybegan
uhear;draheight,astheyround,
sothatitsnaturalelastiausedeachtutopresstightly
upouabove,overlapped.thisbandagewas
ntinueddootheloofthebody.theonthe
lifebelts.overtheheyputtheirsuitsofecali,e
shoesnggloves.
theythenputthe”duy”inapilloheyhadbought
foritatversailles.beforeputtingontheircaps,theyfastened
thequillshthedispatchesintheirhair.i,uh
theirjahcarriedaheavyrevolver.
”thisindiarubberstuffregularlysqueezes,ralph.”
”allthebetter,percy.youhebeofit,whenyou
areinthee.”
theboysnodoogether,andaskedforprotethrough
theperilier
theyrose,graspedeachothershand;andthenblothe
lightgropedtheirairs,openedao
thegarden,andsteppedout.
therongly.snoher
andthither,likesprayfro
frohesnopossibletosee
tenpaces,here.asitenselydark.
”itsluckythatitsdoy,orweshouldneverfindour
ustbethere,
atlast.”
beforestarting,theboyseachother;and
essuitedadrablyas,
bethedrivingsnoheesheetupontheground,they
uldnotkeeaorethaortenyards,even
heyknelyheystood.theynoodesd
thehill,verycarefully,stepbystep.thesnow
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