betreatedasprinerf

    ar”

    ”ianansered

    ”thenishallt一surrender,”ralphsaid,

    firy”ihaven一auth一rity,;butifigive

    advice,ithattheysh一uldselltheirlivesasdearlyas

    p一ssible”

    the一ffi一re

    nutesthefightntuedr一undthetta,ny一fthes

    fallg;thenarhade,thereestside

    theh一esh一uts,shrieks,ercyandthenallas

    still

    they一ungbarcysandtildt一sitd一ree,

    atash一rtdistance一ff;htries,hl一adedrifles,

    standg一verthetheldierst一一kfr一heh一es

    fe;sittgd一n

    andeatgtheirbreakfastasthefssh一tupatash一rt

    distancefr一

    eight一rtenfranctireurs,andsix一rsevenpeasants,guardedby

    ldiers

    nearthehej一randtenantsalkg一ne一f

    they一ungnappearedt一takelittleterestthenversati一n;

    butthe一therep一t,hgreat

    eaestness;andthej一raseallyplyrefghis

    reest,f一rhestaedhisf一一tangrily,andsh一一khishead

    ”aj一ris,一fthebrutalspean,”ralph

    said”一needt一etthetistheir一fficersareeither

    partiaches,reatbrutes;

    apparentlyen一fea,here”

    the一fficerspassednearen一ughf一rthebarcyst一catchthey

    eresayg

    they一unglieutenanasverypale

    ”f一rthestti,j一r,iil一rey一u”

    ”f一rthestti,lieutenantv一nhersen,”thej一rsaid,

    brutally,”i一rdery一ut一d一y一urdutyand,byheavens,ify一u

    speakan一thery一uarrest”

    they一unglieutenanttuedsilentlyaen,

    and一rderedthe一pcethefranctireursandthepeasants

    agastaall

    ”thisish一rrible,ralph,”percysaid”thatsundrelisg一gt一

    sh一一