[Orange and Green by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookOrange and Green CHAPTER 13: A Dangerous Mission 7/41
But you must be careful, Larry. Whatever happens, we must not get into any brawl.
We have a mission to perform, and must not think of ourselves." "I will remember it, yer honour." It was well that Larry had been warned, for the next moment a German soldier passing brushed against him, and then, with a savage oath, turned and struck him to the ground.
Larry sprung up with his eyes blazing with passion, but he caught Walter's warning "Larry," and, hanging his head, moved away without a word. "That's right, Larry," Walter said approvingly.
"I was afraid for a moment that you were going to spring at that fellow.
If you had you would have been in a lockup in five minutes, and as you could have given no good account of yourself, there you might have remained for weeks." "If ever I meet that fellow outside Dublin," Larry muttered savagely, "I will pay him for the blow he gave me." Seeing the risk of another encounter of the same kind, Walter led the way down to the bank of the river, and there they remained, chatting, until it became dusk. "Now, Larry, I must begin my work.
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