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"So in they come, but couldn't see us in the dark... we got under all right, and out through the hole... Jim first, me next, and Tom last..." (278)
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"We was all glad as we could be, but Tom was the gladdest of all because he had a bullet in the calf of his leg." (280)
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"So we set there watching... [Tom] stirs a bit, and opens his eyes very natural..." (291)
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