And the silent figure moved also....
"SH-H-H." SAID TOM IN A TENSE WHISPER. "LOOK—DON'T MOVE. Page 78"
CHAPTER XII
THE DANCE WITH DEATH
The boys were thoroughly frightened, but they stood absolutely motionless and silent and Tom, at least, retained his presence of mind. They were not close enough together to communicate with each other, nor could they more than distinguish each other's forms pressed against the dark tree trunks.
But the figure, being comparatively in the open, was discernible and Tom, by concentrating his eyes upon it, satisfied himself beyond a doubt that it was a human form—that of a German soldier, he felt sure.