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Of the missing, Dunshie, as we know, was sunning his lonely soul in the society of his foes; two had lost themselves, and the remaining two had been captured by a reconnoitring patrol. Of the seven which strayed not, four had discovered the trip-cord; so it was evident that that ingenious contrivance extended along the whole line. Only M'Snape, however, had penetrated farther.
Plainly Bain was holding one end of this, and some one in the trenches Captain Wagstaffe himself, as like as not was holding the other. If an enemy stumbled over the trip-cord, Bain would warn the defence by twitching the alarm-cord. Five minutes later M'Snape was back at the rendezvous, describing to Simson what he had seen.
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