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Four Days of Anguish

           "No,"saidtheMajor."Itisadecoytogetusawayfromthewagon."

           "ButifMulradyhasevennowfallenbeneaththeblowsoftheserascals?"exclaimedGlenarvan,seizingMcNabbsbythehand.

           "Weshallknowbyto-morrow,"saidtheMajor,coolly,determinedtopreventGlenarvanfromtakingastepwhichwasequallyrashandfutile.

           "Youcannotleavethecamp,myLord,"saidJohn."Iwillgoalone."

           "Youwilldonothingofthekind!"criedMcNabbs,energetically."Doyouwanttohaveuskilledonebyonetodiminishourforce,andputusatthemercyofthesewretches?IfMulradyhasfallenavictimtothem,itisamisfortunethatmustnotberepeated.Mulradywassent,chosenbychance.Ifthelothadfallentome,Ishouldhavegoneashedid;butIshouldneitherhaveaskednorexpectedassistance."

           InrestrainingGlenarvanandJohnMangles,theMajorwasrightineveryaspectofthecase.Toattempttofollowthesailor,toruninthedarknessofnightamongtheconvictsintheirleafyambushwasmadness,andmorethanthatitwasuseless.Glenarvan’spartywasnotsonumerousthatitcouldaffordtosacrificeanothermemberofit.

           StillGlenarvanseemedasifhecouldnotyield;hishandwasalwaysonhiscarbine.Hewanderedaboutthewagon,andbentalisteningeartothefaintestsound.Thethoughtthatoneofhismenwasperhapsmortallywounded,abandonedtohisfate,callinginvainonthoseforwhosesakehehadgoneforth,wasatorturetohim.

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