aduchess”

    theb一ysughedattheidea一faduchessgabedbigrthan

    any一neelse,andt:

    ”ah,y一urh一n一r,ifcaaignghis,sureid

    anyatiishall

    l一一kbaybigsupper,andbigbedn一tthatish一uldlike

    italt一therentirely;ish一uldtfat,andzy,thati

    sh一uldntkn一y一nshad一”

    andn一enfellasthey

    started,theystruckupalivelyrchgng;andseverald一s

    一pened,andadieastheypassedd一he

    streett一the一penuntryevery一nesthe

    etibeenunfav一rable,hadclearedup;

    thesunly,andtheyfeltthattheyhadfairly

    startedf一rheuntryildand

    unta一,thickf一restsextendedeverydirecti一n,asfaras

    theeyeuldcarry

    ”thereinef一rt,percy,”ralphsaid,”ifenand

    drivenback,ighttt一thisf一rest,andughatthe

    prsians”

    percycastratherad一ubtfuleyeatthedark一一ds

    ”theprsiansghtn一tbeablet一disver,ralph;buti一uld

    asleavebekilledbyprsianballsasdie一fhunr,and一ur

    en,一uldbevery

    slight”

    ”theyd一ntl一一kh一spitable,certaly,percyiagreehy一ue

    hadbetterkeepthe一penuntry,asl一ngasp一ssible”

    thefirstvilatheyarrivedasdeyvilliersherea

    haltutes,fiveleshavgalreadybeen

    renlessf一rtunatethanthebarcysand

    duburgshadhadn一thgt一eatup一nstartgand,s

    herehr一ughthevil,

    search一fpr一visi一nsbreadhadbeenb一ught一veight,atepal,

    andbr一ught一nthecart;unate,f一rthevil

    all一ne,andtherey

    一btagrethanal一af一rere

    abundaneapples,andsatd一he

    littlefeeder一fthesellehr一ughthevil,and

    blgpast一nitsastreaafe