gavetheword:</p>
”lightsout.”</p>
intheing,afterparade,ralphandpercystrolledaway</p>
togetherandhadalongtalkand,attheendofanhour,they</p>
pehadestablishedhis</p>
headquarters.</p>
”gooding,friends,”hesaid,astheyentered.”isthere</p>
anythingidoforyousitdown.”</p>
”hinking,sirperdithatouldveryeasily</p>
dressupaspeasants,andgodoight</p>
thinkfit,andfindoutallparticularsastothestrengthand</p>
positionoftheene.noo</p>
tireurs.itethatanyonewouldask</p>
usaionsand,ifeshouldsaywebelonged</p>
tosovillageiains,andhadedoobuyffee,</p>
andotheecessaries.theriskofdeteto</p>
nothing,foranquiteopassforlads</p>
froheuntains.”</p>
jorteeinute.</p>
”youkno,atonted.”</p>
”nodoubt,sir,butthereisnoreasonintheeshould</p>
bedetected.theprussianstkno,even</p>
hioself;andnoticeus,atall.iftheydo,</p>
ourans.”</p>
”itellyoufrankly,boys,ihinkingonlylastnightofthe</p>
tter;buthouaykelightofitthereis,of</p>
urse,acertainauntofdangerinagasspies;andyour</p>
fatherfriendeof</p>
it:</p>
”igaveyouboystofightforfranto</p>
theirdeath,asspies.</p>
”soiresolvedtosaynothingaboutit.”</p>
”butnohecaseisdifferent,”ralphsaid.</p>
”frourkne,weare</p>
betterfittedthanaherpstoperforhisservid</p>
thereforeitit,</p>
greatlyredangerousthanitis.ourfathersaidtous,at</p>
starting:</p>
”doyourduty,boys,everthedanger.</p>
”hestherebenodifficultyabout</p>
that,thereareseveralladsinthevillagehings</p>
us.shalleinthisafteoon,forinstrus”</p>
”thankyou,lads,”jorteesaid,ly.”itrust,hyou,</p>
thatnoharofit.butyourofferisoftoogreat</p>
advaherpsfortopersistinrefusal.”</p>
uponleavingthequartersofthendant,theboysatonce</p>
tothehouseofafarrashortdistancefrohevillagewhere,</p>
thedaybefore,theyhadnoticedttheirownsize.</p>
theyexplaihefarrthattheyasuit</p>
ofthehesofeachofhissons.greatlysurprisedat</p>
thisrequest,thefarrhadinquiredtheyuldpossibly</p>
theor;andralphh</p>
thesecretrepliedthat,astheprussiangeneralhadgivennotice</p>
thatheshouldshootallfranctireursheghttakeprisoners,</p>
theyightsliponin</p>
caseofdefeaterofcapture.thepretenselausible</p>
one;andthefarrsoldtheherequiredhargingonly</p>
abouttheirst,whennew.</p>
theboystooktheparcel</p>
...</p>