【】thelandlordledtheoanouthouse,irussesof</p>
stra,ralphsaid,suddenly:</p>
”ahihadnearlyfottenaboutthepriest.youhaveapriest</p>
here,haveyounot”</p>
”ofurse,”thelandlordsaid.”doyoutakeusforheathens”</p>
”notatall,”ralphsaid,apologetieto</p>
esses.eldestsisterwasveryill,</p>
eaherher.</p>
”hepriestlive”</p>
”thelasthouseo,asyougooutfrohefartherendof</p>
thevillage.butanyoneoing.</p>
”youdontthelightanylonger”</p>
fortheboyshad,akingofftheirboots,and</p>
kingashooliedohestraw.</p>
”no,thankyou.goodnight.</p>
”oh,ifotdoyouask,foryourbestbeer</p>
fatheredtoknohepricesuits,willsenddowna</p>
hit.”</p>
thelandlordnadthepridthensaidgoodnight,a</p>
the</p>
ansoldiers,</p>
thesergeantaskedhiquestionortheboys;and</p>
thelandlordrepeatedthesubstaheionhhe</p>
hadjusthad.thisallayedthelastsuspisained</p>
inthesergeantsnd;andhengratulatedhielf,greatly,that</p>
hehadnottakenhisnout,insuere</p>
groundlesssuspi.</p>
”ifthelandlordrepeatsthatyatothegerns,itwillallay</p>
allsuspi,”ralphsaid,heyaloherwise</p>
thesergeantghthavetakenitintohisheadtoetohavea</p>
lookatusand,althoughituchtterthathe</p>
shoulddisverthatthebirdshadfloillit</p>
hinhisguard,ahavedoubledthesentries,andde</p>
itultforus.</p>
”y,old</p>
boy.”</p>
”very,ralphiherghtybattles,again,than</p>
feelasifeltart,andthoughtthatishould</p>
neverseeyouagain,alive.”</p>
”olosenoyourboots</p>
onagainifso,letusstartatobe</p>
veryanxious,longbeforethis.itstbefullanhoursincewe</p>
ca.”</p>
”ithasbeenthelohourieverpassed,ralph.thereno</p>
ready,ifyouare.”</p>
”ustgooutveryquietly,percy.ihavenodoubtthattheyhave</p>
gotsentriespostedallabout.theyknohathe</p>
neighborhoodianythereareofthe”</p>
”ifoundout,frohelandlord,thatallthefifteennwesaw</p>
here,”pereatfirst,</p>
,thatheulddonothingforinthewayofa</p>
bed,becausethere.isaidthata</p>
stableandalittlestrahenhe</p>
thoughtofthisouthouse.</p>
”atthesarate,therestbeatleastahundredninthe</p>
village.”</p>
theynohedooroftheouthouse,quietlyout,and</p>
detheirhroughagardenatthebackofthehousetowards</p>
thewood.</p>
”standstillafeinutes,percy,”ralphsaid,inawhisper,”and</p>
letusseeifhesentriesareplaced.i</p>
expeardonroundthevillage.</p>
”liedo,there,andtheyotsee</p>