33/33 When the place gets quite quiet, we will make a loop and throw it over the top of the palisade, behind that hut; then I will climb up and let myself down, inside, and then crawl up to the hut and see what is going on there. If my cousin is alone, I will endeavour to speak to him; but of course there may be a guard inside, as well as at the door. If he is very ill, there will probably be a light." "Let me go, master!" "No, Meinik, I would rather go myself. I shall be able to judge how he is, if I can catch a sight of him.". |