"I will tell Vladimir to get you as soon as it is safe.

The parsonage where I will be taken is very near the outlet of the secret passage.

If Ivan returns, tell him I am there, and that I will sing or whistle the song of the Volga boatmen from time to time, so that he may know the window of my room, if there is no guard in the room with me.

Do not answer, for they might hear." "Good boy! He certainly has nerve!" said Fred to himself, admiringly.
"He doesn't know what's going to happen to him next, but he is certainly doing all he can to make things come right." Then there was a new confusion of noise outside.

Fred heard Boris call Vladimir and speak to the old servant in Russian.