It is none of this country 's badges . Well , an that be so , let us slip as quietly forth from this garden as we may ; for here we are in an evil posture for defence . Beyond all question there are men of Sir Daniel 's in that house , and to be taken between two shots is a beggarman 's position . Take me this ladder ; I must leave it where I found it . '' They returned the ladder to the stable , and groped their way to the place where they had entered . Capper had taken Greensheve 's position on the cope , and now he leaned down his hand , and , first one and then the other , pulled them up . Cautiously and silently , they dropped again upon the other side ; nor did they dare to speak until they had returned to their old ambush in the gorse . `` Now , John Capper , '' said Dick , `` back with you to Shoreby , even as for your life . Bring me instantly what men ye can collect . Here shall be the rendezvous ; or if the men be scattered and the day be near at hand before they muster , let the place be something farther back , and by the entering in of the town . Greensheve and I lie here to watch . Speed ye , John Capper , and the saints aid you to despatch . And now , Greensheve , '' he continued , as soon as Capper had departed , `` let thou and I go round about the garden in a wide circuit . I would fain see whether thine eyes betrayed thee . '' Keeping well outwards from the wall , and profiting by every height and hollow , they passed about two sides , beholding nothing . On the third side the garden wall was built close upon the beach , and to preserve the distance necessary to their purpose , they had to go some way down upon the sands . Although the tide was still pretty far out , the surf was so high , and the sands so flat , that at each breaker a great sheet of froth and water came careering over the expanse , and Dick and Greensheve made this part of their inspection wading , now to the ankles , and now as deep as to the knees , in the salt and icy waters of the German Ocean . Suddenly , against the comparative whiteness of the garden wall , the figure of a man was seen , like a faint Chinese shadow , violently signalling with both arms . As he dropped again to the earth , another arose a little farther on and repeated the same performance . And so , like a silent watch word , these gesticulations made the round of the beleaguered garden .
`` They keep good watch , '' XXXXX whispered .
Capper Chinese Daniel Dick Ocean Shoreby beggarman first gesticulations gorse