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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 ...