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After
these
words
were
said
,
a
profound
silence
ensued
.
At
last
the
Major
said
:
"
My
friends
,
keep
that
to
the
last
moment
.
I
am
not
an
advocate
of
irremediable
measures
.
"
"
I
did
not
speak
for
ourselves
,
"
said
Glenarvan
.
"
Be
it
as
it
may
,
we
can
face
death
!
Had
we
been
alone
,
I
should
ere
now
have
cried
,
'
My
friends
,
let
us
make
an
effort
.
Let
us
attack
these
wretches
!
'
But
with
these
poor
girls
--
"
At
this
moment
John
raised
the
mat
,
and
counted
twenty-five
natives
keeping
guard
on
the
Ware-Atoua
.
A
great
fire
had
been
lighted
,
and
its
lurid
glow
threw
into
strong
relief
the
irregular
outlines
of
the
"
pah
.
"
Some
of
the
savages
were
sitting
round
the
brazier
;
the
others
standing
motionless
,
their
black
outlines
relieved
against
the
clear
background
of
flame
.
But
they
all
kept
watchful
guard
on
the
hut
confided
to
their
care
.
It
has
been
said
that
between
a
vigilant
jailer
and
a
prisoner
who
wishes
to
escape
,
the
chances
are
in
favor
of
the
prisoner
;
the
fact
is
,
the
interest
of
the
one
is
keener
than
that
of
the
other
.
The
jailer
may
forget
that
he
is
on
guard
;
the
prisoner
never
forgets
that
he
is
guarded
.
The
captive
thinks
oftener
of
escaping
than
the
jailer
of
preventing
his
flight
,
and
hence
we
hear
of
frequent
and
wonderful
escapes
.
But
in
the
present
instance
hatred
and
revenge
were
the
jailers
--
not
an
indifferent
warder
;
the
prisoners
were
not
bound
,
but
it
was
because
bonds
were
useless
when
five-and-twenty
men
were
watching
the
only
egress
from
the
Ware-Atoua
.
This
house
,
with
its
back
to
the
rock
which
closed
the
fortress
,
was
only
accessible
by
a
long
,
narrow
promontory
which
joined
it
in
front
to
the
plateau
on
which
the
"
pah
"
was
erected
.
On
its
two
other
sides
rose
pointed
rocks
,
which
jutted
out
over
an
abyss
a
hundred
feet
deep
.
On
that
side
descent
was
impossible
,
and
had
it
been
possible
,
the
bottom
was
shut
in
by
the
enormous
rock
.
The
only
outlet
was
the
regular
door
of
the
Ware-Atoua
,
and
the
Maories
guarded
the
promontory
which
united
it
to
the
"
pah
"
like
a
drawbridge
.
All
escape
was
thus
hopeless
,
and
Glenarvan
having
tried
the
walls
for
the
twentieth
time
,
was
compelled
to
acknowledge
that
it
was
so
.
The
hours
of
this
night
,
wretched
as
they
were
,
slipped
away
.
Thick
darkness
had
settled
on
the
mountain
.
Neither
moon
nor
stars
pierced
the
gloom
.
Some
gusts
of
wind
whistled
by
the
sides
of
the
"
pah
,
"
and
the
posts
of
the
house
creaked
:
the
fire
outside
revived
with
the
puffs
of
wind
,
and
the
flames
sent
fitful
gleams
into
the
interior
of
Ware-Atoua
.
The
group
of
prisoners
was
lit
up
for
a
moment
;
they
were
absorbed
in
their
last
thoughts
,
and
a
deathlike
silence
reigned
in
the
hut
.
It
might
have
been
about
four
o'clock
in
the
morning
when
the
Major
's
attention
was
called
to
a
slight
noise
which
seemed
to
come
from
the
foundation
of
the
posts
in
the
wall
of
the
hut
which
abutted
on
the
rock
.
McNabbs
was
at
first
indifferent
,
but
finding
the
noise
continue
,
he
listened
;
then
his
curiosity
was
aroused
,
and
he
put
his
ear
to
the
ground
;
it
sounded
as
if
someone
was
scraping
or
hollowing
out
the
ground
outside
.
