could be found an article about which Dick had asked the churchman a fortnight before.
Dick returned thanks, though he meant no disrespect to the kindly chaplain.

Then, saluting, he hurried on after the detachment.
But more than a fatal minute had been lost at the sally-port, and now the detachment was dismissed.

The men had been in their rooms for at least forty-five seconds.
"No use to go to Dodge now!" thought Dick despondently.

"Whether he knows that I saw that cuff or not, he has removed it and has it safely hidden by this time.

Oh, if Chaplain Montgomery could have been a hundred yards further away at that moment!" It was no use to lament.