They were side by side, wedged in a little opening they had made for themselves, and now they went down together.
All about them the din of the pursuit continued.

Officers were pouring out of the house to join the hunt.

Shouts and cries resounded.

Fred had to smile to himself.

It seemed to him that the boasted system and order of the German army could not be what he had always heard about it if the escape of two boys could produce such a disorganization.
And then there was a sudden diversion.