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But now I noticed that the pseudo-bandits wore a watchful and not unhopeful air. And suddenly one of them whistled a thin, shrill note that had, as Tish later remarked, great penetrative power without being noisy. "That's enough of that," she said. "Aggie, take another of these guns and point them both at these gentlemen. If they whistle again, shoot.
We immediately retreated to the cave and waited, it being Tish's intention to allow them to reach the pass without suspecting our presence, and only to cut off the pseudo-bandits in their retreat, as I have explained. It was well that we had concealed the horses also, for the party stopped near the cave, and Mrs. Ostermaier was weeping. "Not a step farther!" she said.
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