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| 40 | 51 | "I did not View more quotes about think">think a few men, on tarns, would have difficulty escaping the city," said a man. |
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| 40 | 48 | "Information became available in the Cosian camp near Torcadino, conveyed by a supposed deserter, a fellow named Mincon," said our narrator, "of a secret escape tunnel being dug under the walls to the north, a low tunnel, like a countermine, over eleven pasangs in length, which had taken months to dig, a tunnel which presumably would open far behind the besiegers. |
| 40 | 49 | Even the day on which the escape was to be made was known. |
| 40 | 50 | It was understood, too, that Dietrich himself, with some close followers, would have tarn wire opened near the Semnium and leave the city that same night". |
| 40 | 51 | "I did not think a few men, on tarns, would have difficulty escaping the city," said a man. |
| 40 | 52 | "Still there are tarn patrols," said another, "and cavalries ready for prompt pursuit". |
| 40 | 53 | "The night came," said our narrator, "and, precisely as Myron's informant, Mincon, had assured him, a dozen tarns took wing from the roof of the Semnium. |
| 40 | 54 | Cos was waiting for them, of course, and the pursuit was instantaneous. |