[No Surrender! by G. A. Henty]@TWC D-Link bookNo Surrender! CHAPTER 10: Preparations For A Rescue 34/43
Not likely, after having sailed with you since you were a boy of fourteen." "No, indeed," said another man, who had just raised his head out of the cabin hatch; "and we are not going to take it, either." "We will talk about that afterwards," Jean said, as he stepped on board. "I doubted whether it was you, captain, for Brenon had only spoken to us of two; and when I saw three of you, I thought that you must belong to one of the boats higher up.
There are two or three of them, a bit farther on." "I did not know, myself, until half an hour ago.
This is my friend Monsieur Desailles, who is in the same danger from these butchers of the Convention as I am.
First pass this box down, and then we will follow it." They gathered in the little cabin.
It was but some seven feet long. "It will be close work, captain," Rouget said. "It will do very well," Jean said cheerfully.
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