ColonelSchreuder will blame me for this, and when he does I'll come back toyou, Manseer! He turned on the line of convicts. The time had come when shecould delay no longer. He ran on bare feet so silently thathis father started when Hal touched his arm. Sam Bowles came grinning and bobbing to meet Cumbrae.
Cumbrae changed the subject easily, and led Schreuder past the massgrave without another glance at the pile of corpses. It was apparent that this smaller cabin was an annexe to the larger andmore splendid main cabin. Two hundred men were housed in there, threecompanies of green-jackets, and even now they were probably recoveringtheir wits after the explosion. However, at that moment Hugo Barnard was screened by apile of masonry blocks.
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