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They dug a shallow grave and laid in it the body of the young girl

Prosper never saw her face, nor did her husband dare to look again on

what he had covered up Prosper said the prayers; but the other lay on

his face on the grass, and got up tearless Then they set off

Five miles below Waisford they swam the river without any trouble froht them to the flank of

the hill; they climbed it, and from the top could see the Wan valley

and what should be the town It was a heap of stones, scorched and

shapeless The church tower still stood for a les had fallen in, its vane stuck out at an angle Prosper,

whose eyes were good,the

perpendicular It had a flag, Party per pale argent and sable

A dun sood there," said he; "we are soreed They fetched a wide detour to the north-west, clie of rock which binds Hauterive to the place of their election,

andto cover asthey were as near as they dared

to be until nightfall As they stood they could see the ridge rear its

ragged head to watch over the cleft where-through the two Wans race to

be free Upon the slope of this bluff was the town itself, a walled

town the colour of the bare rock, with towers and belfries The

westering sun threw the whole into warht

"The saltire still floats," cried Prosper; "we are not too late for