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【】doubt,papersofsokindhavebeenfoundupon thethesepapersurallybesenthere.ifouldbe providedtledoubt,peratetheir lines.” ”anexcellehenistersaid.”ihavenodoubtthatwe havesuchpapers.” aruckasllhandbelloable.anattendaered. ”tellcaptainverrei.” ”captainverre,”hesaid,hatoffitered,”therewere sopaperscalastgeneralfaidherbe,relativeto thosehks,ladiesdresses,andsoonthat ,andseeif thereasforthebearerstopassfreely,for thepurposeoftrading.ifso,lethavethetonce.” theoffi. ”supposingasihavenodoubtthathepapers, isyoururse” ”speedis,naturally,aial,”ralphsaid.”weshalldisguise ourselvesaton heretoorleansbytrain;hth,of urse,befuishedus.hroughtheforestof orleans,andsotis;ake straightforlunkeepingalhroughbylanes.asfaraswe knoyalongthatline. ”whene villageire,ivetheoafarr,andotheplace boldly.youaireoflun,as oallfrenchauthorities,togiveusanyhelp; andtoassistusatoobuyawo stronghorses.hthese,to versailles.ourpassitusintothetohout diffies. ustbefuishedofoke purchasesofplunder.” ”anadrableplan,”saidthenister,ly,”andohat deservesevenshoulditnotobtainsuess. ”ispeaktoyouofreen,iknow thatyouketheattetfroheloveofhonorloeehas beforespokentoofyou,andyoundedby generalesherefore,bei gazetteforthecrossofthelegionofhonor;andifyousueed, youebaay ntionalthoughiknootiveto sueedthatyouitledtothereythousand francs,oanyonearryin dispatchestoparis.” atthisnttheoffitered. ”herearethepapersthejehthecapturedarried,”he said.”theyaresighegeneralatfrankfort,and untersignedbyatleastadozenlitaryauthorities.thereare threeofthe” thenisterglahe ”theyorrow ing” ”quiteready,”ralphsaid. ”veryhalfpastfive,the dispatchesten,ofurse,soastofoldupin thesllestpossiblepass. ”captainverre,y stableareputintoboxes,irainthatleavesatsixtorrow ing.” theboysnooleave. ”gooding,”thenistersaid.”allthelettersof rendation,thedispatches,andtheneywillbereadywhen youe,intheing.” theboys,ongoingout,heldalongnsultatioheir disguises.exaningthepapers,theyfoundthatonewo personsofthesanaisaackraphandaaronkraphfatherand soher,asdescribedinthepass,fortyfiveyearsold, thesoeen.thispasstheydeterouse. thetaskofgingpertoajeeen,was evidentlyaneasyone.hisclearplexionheonly difficulty,andthisuldbereadilydisguised.ralphsdisguise oredifficultone;andthereeasto herhehadbettergoasaredjeter ineduponas,otherhentrastbethe supposedfatherandsonoostriking. theythensready. theyatohen,asthepeculiarityofthepurchasesthey inteokethat,hadtheybeenintheircivilian dress,itainthattheyh suspi;andyinobtaining theyed. theirfirstvisitoahairdressersshop.rathertothe astonishntoftheproprietor,theytoldhihattheyo speaktohinaprivaterooandstillretohisastonishnt, thattheyedtheirhair dyedquiteblack.thehairdresseruldhardlybelievehisears. theboyshadbothbrohelightestand thatte,desire todyetheirhairstrubent. ralphsled. ”noportantssionto carryout,anditisessentialthatpletely disguised.p.this,of urse,isirictestnfidence.” thehairdresserportahe oasion. ”youaninstantaneousdye”heasked. ”certainly,”ralphsaid,”andohat,atanyrate,for aweek.” thereplyinghtherequestand, ies,theboysheadsheirblaess. ”noybrothershairunately verylongtobepletelyfrizzled;andiapairofthe tongsyoudoith,soastobeabletodoitforourselves.” thisalsowaseasyenough. ”noyself,iyhairtobeverylong; toedoyearsontollar,allthewayround.” ”buttheonlyadefor you.” ”notatall,”ralphsaid.”iuldnotputonawig,evenifyou hadoasiit,ready.thepartingal isnarroelongflatbandsofhair,like thoseyouuseforustbeblayhairas itisnousthavea bandofthishair,longenoughtogoroundthehead,froust aboveoojustabovetheother.ifyouparthair,justat theplacehebandistogo;brushthehairup;puttheband ofartificialhairohio holdtight;thenbrushthehairbackagaiheband,itwould beabsolutelyiossibletoseeitallnatural.thenc ...