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【】or,infuture.” sosaying,sheagain. ”goodbye,ioing,too,”christinesaid.”ihinkitover, bytorrooing,andtellyouyouaretodo.” theing,theboysohearchristines proposals;foralthoughtheyhadquitedeuptheirndstotry theirofeasible,stilltheyfeltthat, hherkry,sheanyrate,to givetheoodadvice. untilshehadhristinesaidnothing.then shetookoutherknitting,andsatagainstthewindow. ”noellyouihavethoughtof.itwould beeasyenough,ifit.hessobig,andsored,and hedoesntspeakgern. ”ohdear,hesverytireso”andsheshookherheadattiwho sled,laidhishandonhisbreast,andendeavoredtolook affeg. christinelaughed. ”theonlythingi,isthatheshallgooutas ajehoheirbroadhats,andatrayoflittle tris.heghtpass,ifhesoldierstookitintotheir headstobuy.” thepropositiondoyle. ”isit,yourhonor,tioyle,agoodcatholideof hopeoplethatstotuselfintoahaythinjehe irishnburstout,hgreatindignation.”ithat ishouldbedeintoaan,butahaythioyour honors,itsnaythersinsiblenordat.” theboyssoflaughter.christinelaughedfora nt,too,sspeechtoher;andthen lookedindignantthattheproposition,uch thought,shouldbesosfullyrejected. tiahelook,andaton,persuasively: ”sureof yhtblueeyesbutisitraisonaturaltoaska christianntokeahaythinjeself, yourself” sappeal. ”didyoueverseesuabsurdn”shesaid,laughing.”asif ituldkeanydiffereniagood inddressingupasajewess.” ”sure,thin,darlint,”tixclaid,hwas translated,”ieand bejewess.” christinelaughed,blushed,shookherheadandsaid,”nonsense” uponhearingtiproposition. ”butseriously,christine,”ralphsaid,”theobjehyou ntiontothejeportant.fullasthe streetsareofsoldierslookingabout,heuldhardlyhopetogo froerethroughthestreets,andoutatthegate,eone askinghiboutthesofhisbox.” christineallotlepettishly,atthefailureofher planthatitcertainlywaslikely. ”therealdifficultyistogetoutsidethegate,”ralphsaid, thoughtfully.”afterthat,ishouldhavenofear.” ”areyouthinkingofdoing,then”christineasked. ”iyself,ihesof youngpeasants;andputtingtintosothingofthesasort, hagreatbandageroundhisface.thenishouldsaythatwewere tsoplaearthefrontier,ehereto etouruered,inbattle.that snotbeingabletotalkatall;andastolooks, heisredenoughfern,anywhere.” ”yes,”christinesaid,”thatofurse, youobeaskedforpapers.” ”ofurse,”ralphsaid,”butustrisksothing.” ”ihaveanidea,”christinesaid,suddenly,clappingherhands.”i havesousinslivingathreeboys,andi auretheye.itowiesbaden, torrotolendtheirpapers,justforoneday. yourall;butforthatveryreasonyou oreeasilythere,andbelesslikelytobe suspected,orfolloewherenear saintgoar. ”ishallhavetotellsosadstoriestousins,andaxthebr> agreatdeal.still,idaresayishallsueed;andthenyougo boldlyacrossthebridge,andintotherailation,andtakea ticketfored,and putthepapersintothepostthere.” ”theverything,ed, catgherbytheeto thinkofresistance. ”ishantdoanythingatallforyou,”christinesaid,laughingand blushing,”ifyousbehaveinthatway.” ”iuld,otherhadbeen lookingon. ”andnoourclothes.” ”iuldntbuythe”christinesaid.”ineveruldgointoa shopandbuynsclothes.” thethingont,theboyslooksfell. thenuch: ”thereisabox,inrooofkarlsthings.heisusin,you knoillhehadtogoout inthelandhisthingshere,forusto takecareof.heisaboutyoursize.iakeoutoit hurtitandyouputiton,andgooutintothetown,and buythethingsforallthreeofyou.” ”ed.”itulder.” teerdohestairsandoutintothe street,dressedasagernlaborerinhisbestsuit.hewasa littleuneasy,atfirst;buticedhiandhewassoonin ashop,hagglihepriceofapeasantsatasifthe tterofathaler,oneher,hingofvital iortan.heboughtthethreesuitsatthreedifferent shopsashethoughtthatito getthellatthesaandinanhain.anhour afteriartedforwiesbaden. thebarselvesthattheyhad notlongerdeferredtheirpreparationsforescape;forwhen presentingtheelves,asusual,thatafteoonattherollcall, theyustholdtheelvesinreadioleave foroheeastefortresses,uponthefollowingevening;as anebattz,edtoarrive uponthefollowingday. intheevening,christiuedfrobr> onlyaquarterofanhour,byrail,froayence. ”ihavegotthe”shesaid,”butifyouonlykroublei havehadabotherboysare,tobesure” ”especiallyusinseh,christine” ”especiallyusins,”christinesaid,derely. afterthankingherverylyforherkihebarclays ...