“What do you mean?” cried Mark.
“Why, sir, all that caterwauling and stamping was to hide what they were about.”
“Who were about?” cried Mark.
“Them Yankees, sir. They’ve done us this time. I thought they would.”
Chapter Thirty Four.
In Desperation.
“In the name of common sense, Tom Fillot, what are you talking about?” cried Mark, angrily.
“The Yanks, sir.”