I knew it would be utterly impossible for me to get away unseen, and I did not know what to do.

The Yankee prisoner was scared almost to death.

I said, "Look, look!" I turned in the room, and found the planks of the floor were loose.

I raised two of them, and Yank and I slipped through.

I replaced the planks, and could peep out beneath the sill of the house, and see the legs of the horses.