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Strangely Liberated

           Thegroupofprisonerswaslitupforamoment;theywereabsorbedintheirlastthoughts,andadeathlikesilencereignedinthehut.

           Itmighthavebeenaboutfouro’clockinthemorningwhentheMajor’sattentionwascalledtoaslightnoisewhichseemedtocomefromthefoundationofthepostsinthewallofthehutwhichabuttedontherock.McNabbswasatfirstindifferent,butfindingthenoisecontinue,helistened;thenhiscuriositywasaroused,andheputhiseartotheground;itsoundedasifsomeonewasscrapingorhollowingoutthegroundoutside.

           Assoonashewassureofit,hecreptovertoGlenarvanandJohnMangles,andstartlingthemfromtheirmelancholythoughts,ledthemtotheendofthehut.

           "Listen,"saidhe,motioningthemtostoop.

           Thescratchingbecamemoreandmoreaudible;theycouldhearthelittlestonesgrateonahardbodyandrollaway.

           "Someanimalinhisburrow,"saidJohnMangles.

           Glenarvanstruckhisforehead.

           "Whoknows?"saidhe,"itmightbeaman."

           "Animalorman,"answeredtheMajor,"Iwillsoonfindout!"

           WilsonandOlbinettjoinedtheircompanions,andallunitedtodigthroughthewallJohnwithhisdagger,theotherswithstonestakenfromtheground,orwiththeirnails,whileMulrady,stretchedalongtheground,watchedthenativeguardthroughacreviceofthematting.

           Thesesavagessittingmotionlessaroundthefire,suspectednothingofwhatwasgoingontwentyfeetoff.

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