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"I I wasn't expecting to see you," she stammered. "No? I came by with news, Cissie." "News?" She seemed more frightened than ever. "Peter, you you haven't " She paused, regarding him with big eyes. "Tump Pack's been arrested," explained Peter, quickly, sensing the tragedy in her thoughts. "I came by to tell you. If there's anything I can do for you or him, I'll do it."
Let's get on." Adrian lifted the pack and dropped it in disgust. "I can't carry that load!" Pierre was also disgusted by the other's ignorance and lack of endurance. "What you don't know about the woods beats all. Haven't you seen anybody pack things before? I'll show you. When there's big game handy is no time to quarrel. If a pack's too heavy, halve it. Watch and learn something."
In vain the enemy endeavored to keep their formation; their front was burst in, their center penetrated, and their rear dispersed, and in five minutes the great column was a mass of fugitives. Great numbers were killed, and two thousand prisoners taken. While Pack's brigade secured the prisoners taken by the cavalry and sent them to the rear, the cavalry themselves continued their charge.
If he found nothing in Pack's room.... but it is not nice to think of what would have happened in that case. Pack went to a dance at Benmore Benmore WAS Benmore in those days, and not an office and danced fifteen waltzes out of twenty-two with Miss Hollis.
Meanwhile the infantry of this movement had pushed on beyond La Haye Sainte, and dispersed some Belgian regiments; but being then charged in turn, in front by Pack's brigade of foot, and in flank by a brigade of heavy English horse, were totally routed losing, besides the slain and wounded, 2000 prisoners and two eagles.
The assault was to be made by the 3rd and light divisions, aided by Pack's command and Colonel O'Toole's Portuguese riflemen. The main British army lay along the Coa, in readiness to advance at once and give battle, should Marmont come up to the assistance of the besieged town.
His division was already engaged in supporting the Prince of Orange, and had deployed itself in two lines in front of the road to Sombref when he arrived. Sir Thomas immediately took the command. Shortly afterwards, Kempt's and Pack's brigades arrived by the Brussels road, and part of Alten's division by the Nivelles road.
The French artillery was very powerful and, at times, overpowered that of the besiegers. Some gallant sorties were also made but, by the 19th, two breaches were effected in the ramparts, and preparations were made for an assault. That evening Terence received an order to march at once to the place, and to join Pack's Portuguese.
Don't think it!" waved down Cissie, humorously. "But, Cissie, how is it possible " "Just blind." Cissie rippled into a boarding-school laugh. "I could wear the whole rue del Opera here in Niggertown, and nobody would ever see it but you." Cissie was moving toward the door. Peter tried to detain her. He enjoyed the implication of Tump Pack's stupidity, in their badinage, but she would not stay.
Running at the forefront of the pack was a large grey wolf one of its several leaders. It was he who directed the pack's course on the heels of the she-wolf. It was he who snarled warningly at the younger members of the pack or slashed at them with his fangs when they ambitiously tried to pass him.
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