Excerpt: ... working for a fortnight in the streets the gang were marched in another direction, and were put to labour on the fortifications. This was a great relief. They were now free from the choking dust of the streets, and obtained a view of the surrounding country. The three, as usual, laboured together, and showed so much zeal and activity that they pleased the head of their guard. They had the great advantage that they were accustomed to work together, while the majority of the gang had no such experience. There ...
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Excerpt: ... working for a fortnight in the streets the gang were marched in another direction, and were put to labour on the fortifications. This was a great relief. They were now free from the choking dust of the streets, and obtained a view of the surrounding country. The three, as usual, laboured together, and showed so much zeal and activity that they pleased the head of their guard. They had the great advantage that they were accustomed to work together, while the majority of the gang had no such experience. There were men of all nationalities-French, Spanish, Italians, Maltese, and Greeks, and though most of them were accustomed to a warm climate, they had nothing like the strength of the three Englishmen. In moving heavy stones, therefore, the three friends were able to perform as much work as any dozen other prisoners. They were the only Englishmen in the gang, for the other two sailors had been from the first placed with another party. On the march to their work they passed by a palace of considerable extent, surrounded by grounds which were entered on that side by a small postern gate. "I would give a good deal to know if that gate is locked," Will said. "What good would that do, sir?" "Well, if we could get in there we might hide in the shrubbery, and stop there till the first pursuit was over. No one would think of searching there. I should say we might, if we pg 221 had luck, seize and bind three of the gardeners or attendants, and so issue from one of the gates dressed in their clothes without exciting suspicion." "What should we do for grub, sir?" "Well, for that we must trust to chance. There are houses that might be robbed, and travellers who might be lightened of their belongings. I can't think that three active men, though they might be unarmed, would allow themselves to starve. Of course we should want to get rid of these clothes, and find some weapons; but the great point of all is to discover whether that door is...
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Very Good- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall No Date. Blue bds with dulled titles to spine. Sunning to spine. Bump to spine ends and 1 corner. Pages lightly tanning with some foxing. Bottom corner of page 173 missing. Partial loss to bottom edge of page 207.
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black-&-white illustrations. pp. 384, 32., 8vo, Bound in original illustrated red cloth over bevelled boards, Published posthumously (Henty died in 1902), and the last of 'Mr. Henty's great series of historical stories for boys'. Boards quite worn and scuffed. Some soiling. Cracked front hinge crudely repaired. Lacks grey front endpapers; grey rear endpapers present and hinge holding. Binding shaken, a several gathering standing proud. A good reading, or placeholder, copy, and priced accordingly. With seven (of eight) illustrations by William Rainey, ending with 32 pages of ads.
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