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Updated: May 14, 2025
The friend turned out to be an old woman who was rather deaf, but she heard enough to understand the situation. "Here!" she said, tottering into a back-yard, in which was a quantity of straw and rubbish. "Go down there." She pointed to a hole. It was the mouth of a rice-hole. Down went the Secretary, without a word, and turned to receive the end of the pole which Hockins passed carefully in.
In a short time the cover of the rice-hole was removed, and the old woman, putting her head down, informed them that all was safe, at least in the meantime. They now unfastened Ravonino from the pole, and found, to their great joy, that he was yet alive, though considerably shaken. A little rice-soup, however, and a night's rest, put him all right again.
Just then the covering of their hiding-place was thrown off, and several bayonet-points appeared. "Come out, one at a time, quietly, else we will shoot you where you stand!" exclaimed a stern voice. The Secretary translated this. At the same time Ravonino clambered out of the rice-hole, and was instantly seized and bound.
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