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He sent the ball a considerable distance towards the nearest hole. Ernest had then to strike his ball. If he struck it very hard it might go beyond the hole, which would have thrown him back; and if he did not send it as far as the ball first struck, Macgreggor's party would have had the right to strike twice before his would again strike the ball.
I should liken it, in some respects, to billiards on a grand scale, except that the balls have to be put into holes instead of pockets; that they have to be struck with the side instead of with the end of a club, and that there is no such thing as cannoning. Bracebridge sent his ball very cleverly a few yards only beyond Macgreggor's, which called forth the latter's warm approval.
'Keep a very strict eye on those engine-stealers, the marshal said; 'a court is going to try them and you know what that means death! A trial will be nothing more than a formality, for the whole fourteen of them are spies, under the rules of war. They were soldiers who entered the enemy's line in civilian disguise. So don't let them get away." Macgreggor's listeners stirred uneasily.
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