Were they not men of Sir Daniel 's ? '' `` Nay , sir , that they were not , '' returned Greensheve ; `` for if I have eyes in my head , every man-Jack of them weareth me a white badge in his bonnet , something chequered with dark . '' `` White , chequered with dark , '' repeated Dick . `` Faith , 't is a badge I know not . 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 XXXXX 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 .
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