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           Allthreeofthemnow,incompleteagreement,wentoverabridgeinthelightofthemoon,thetwogentlemenwerewillingtoyieldtoeachlittlemovementmadebyK.ashemovedslightlytowardstheedgeanddirectedthegroupinthatdirectionasasingleunit.Themoonlightglitteredandquiveredinthewater,whichdivideditselfaroundasmallislandcoveredinadensely-piledmassoffoliageandtreesandbushes.Beneaththem,nowinvisible,thereweregravelpathswithcomfortablebencheswhereK.hadstretchedhimselfoutonmanysummer’sdays."Ididn’tactuallywanttostophere,"hesaidtohiscompanions,shamedbytheircompliancewithhiswishes.BehindK.’sbackoneofthemseemedtoquietlycriticisetheotherforthemisunderstandingaboutstopping,andthentheywenton.Theywentonupthroughseveralstreetswherepolicemenwerewalkingorstandinghereandthere;someinthedistanceandthensomeveryclose.Oneofthemwithabushymoustache,hishandonthegripofhissword,seemedtohavesomepurposeinapproachingthegroup,whichwashardlyunsuspicious.Thetwogentlemenstopped,thepolicemanseemedabouttoopenhismouth,andthenK.drovehisgroupforcefullyforward.Severaltimeshelookedbackcautiouslytoseeifthepolicemanwasfollowing;butwhentheyhadacornerbetweenthemselvesandthepolicemanK.begantorun,andthetwogentlemen,despitebeingseriouslyshortofbreath,hadtorunwithhim.