So you will be safe
from the Germans, for they have abandoned that section except for the
railway from Insterberg to Liok. That is guarded, but thinly. In the car
are two long coats such as the German officers wear, and two helmets.
They are under the rear seat. Put those on, and you will pass most of
their sentries, if you should encounter them."
"If he says we must go, we must do it," said Boris, quickly. "I should
like to stay, too, Fred, but he is right. We can do no good here, and if
you are caught it will be very bad. It would not matter with me, for
they would only treat me as a prisoner."
Fred was still unwilling. He had not Boris's Russian readiness to accept
whatever came, but there was something about Ivan that convinced him
that argument would be useless.
"Go now," said Ivan, "and God go with you! I will see to it that
Vladimir and the others follow."
And so Fred went through the tunnel again, this time with Boris. He
wondered if he would ever see this place again.
CHAPTER XV
A DASH THROUGH THE NIGHT
Both boys were startled when they reached the open air again to observe
how the din of the battle to the east had increased.
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