Will they kill him, to put you in ?" It was a wild plan--wilder even and more hopeless than the trick we had already carried through; but as I listened to Sapt I saw the strong points in our game.

And then I was a young man and I loved action, and I was offered such a hand in such a game as perhaps never man played yet.
"I shall be found out," I said.
"Perhaps," said Sapt.

"Come! to Strelsau! We shall be caught like rats in a trap if we stay here." "Sapt," I cried, "I'll try it!" "Well played!" said he.

"I hope they've left us the horses.

I'll go and see." "We must bury that poor fellow," said I.
"No time," said Sapt.
"I'll do it." "Hang you!" he grinned.