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The
next
morning
they
set
out
upon
the
return
march
.
Their
original
intention
had
been
to
burn
the
village
,
but
this
idea
was
abandoned
and
the
prisoners
were
left
behind
,
weeping
and
moaning
,
but
with
roofs
to
cover
them
and
a
palisade
for
refuge
from
the
beasts
of
the
jungle
.
Slowly
the
expedition
retraced
its
steps
of
the
preceding
day
.
Ten
loaded
hammocks
retarded
its
pace
.
In
eight
of
them
lay
the
more
seriously
wounded
,
while
two
swung
beneath
the
weight
of
the
dead
.
Clayton
and
Lieutenant
Charpentier
brought
up
the
rear
of
the
column
;
the
Englishman
silent
in
respect
for
the
other
's
grief
,
for
D'Arnot
and
Charpentier
had
been
inseparable
friends
since
boyhood
.
Clayton
could
not
but
realize
that
the
Frenchman
felt
his
grief
the
more
keenly
because
D'Arnot
's
sacrifice
had
been
so
futile
,
since
Jane
had
been
rescued
before
D'Arnot
had
fallen
into
the
hands
of
the
savages
,
and
again
because
the
service
in
which
he
had
lost
his
life
had
been
outside
his
duty
and
for
strangers
and
aliens
;
but
when
he
spoke
of
it
to
Lieutenant
Charpentier
,
the
latter
shook
his
head
.
"
No
,
Monsieur
,
"
he
said
,
"
D'Arnot
would
have
chosen
to
die
thus
.
I
only
grieve
that
I
could
not
have
died
for
him
,
or
at
least
with
him
.
I
wish
that
you
could
have
known
him
better
,
Monsieur
.
He
was
indeed
an
officer
and
a
gentleman
--
a
title
conferred
on
many
,
but
deserved
by
so
few
.
"
He
did
not
die
futilely
,
for
his
death
in
the
cause
of
a
strange
American
girl
will
make
us
,
his
comrades
,
face
our
ends
the
more
bravely
,
however
they
may
come
to
us
.
"
Clayton
did
not
reply
,
but
within
him
rose
a
new
respect
for
Frenchmen
which
remained
undimmed
ever
after
.
It
was
quite
late
when
they
reached
the
cabin
by
the
beach
.
A
single
shot
before
they
emerged
from
the
jungle
had
announced
to
those
in
camp
as
well
as
on
the
ship
that
the
expedition
had
been
too
late
--
for
it
had
been
prearranged
that
when
they
came
within
a
mile
or
two
of
camp
one
shot
was
to
be
fired
to
denote
failure
,
or
three
for
success
,
while
two
would
have
indicated
that
they
had
found
no
sign
of
either
D'Arnot
or
his
black
captors
.
So
it
was
a
solemn
party
that
awaited
their
coming
,
and
few
words
were
spoken
as
the
dead
and
wounded
men
were
tenderly
placed
in
boats
and
rowed
silently
toward
the
cruiser
.
