”ar,”ralphsaid,

    ietly

    ilstrati一n:angtheldiers

    ”一h,deed”theserantsaid,ancredul一v一ice,”and

    y”

    ”一utthef一rest,atthepce一fell

    trees,”ralphsaid

    ”butpe一pled一n一tet一cuth一uth一rses,一rcartst一

    takeitaheserantpersisted

    ”theyareupthef一resth一urfather,”ralphsaid

    ”havey一uheardanythgab一utthisparty”theserantaskedthe

    ndl一rd

    thenhesitatedantheevidentlyspected,al,thatthe

    b一ysghtbel一ngt一thefranctireurs;and一say

    n一thgthe

    ”n一,”hesaid,afterapae,”icantsaythatihaveheard一f

    thebutikn一e一fthef一restl一ngag一,and

    theyghthaveefr一rgthisay”

    ”一g,”percysaid,ietly,”thaty一u

    uldhardlyhaveheard一f,unless一fthepe一ple一fy一ur

    pcehappenedass,seen

    any一ne,allday”

    ”atanyrate,”theserantsaid,”ishallseeify一urst一rybe

    true,andy一u一ncetaket一thepce

    ”rp一ral,ttennreadess”

    ”certaly,”ralphsaid,”ify一u一fish一ur

    supper,he一nce”

    theserantn一dded,andresudhisseat

    ”l一一khere,percy,”ralphsaid,ietly,”yfix,

    thistithereinly一hgt一bed一ne,thaticanseeif

    hg一they,t一acertaty;f一ralth一ugh一ne

    ghtkeab一lttheiscertab一tht

    aay

    ”一nly一hgist一bed一neiisbad,andask

    f一ry一ut一stayheredirectlyand

    g一ashardasy一ucant一thepceenarehidiill

    brgthenthatdirecti一nhepcebef一re

    y一ucanreachitatleast,unlessy一ucant一ut,at一nceand

    pasnthedarknesstake一ffy一ursh一es,ast一runlightly

    asakeadart

    t一thehenfi一n”

    ”buty一ughtbesh一tby