"I'm not interested," replied Noel. "I haven't had any supper, and I'm hungry, and I want to sleep. Are we going to be fed here?" he asked, turning to the guard.
"I reckon you will be. When I am relieved I'll see what can be done."
Conversation for a time ceased between the prisoners and their guard, but the excitement of Dennis was not to be repressed.
When at last he had induced his companion to withdraw from the door, he drew him into one corner of the room and renewed his whispering. At his companion's request his voice at last was lowered so that the guard was unable to hear what was said, and then, in spite of his weariness, in a moment Noel was eagerly listening to what the young soldier was telling him.
CHAPTER IX
THE PLOT
"Whist!" said Dennis. "I'm tellin' ye, lad, we must get out o' this place."
"That's very easy to say."
"Faith, and it's almost as aisy to do."