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As his father concealed himself, Bob had left the chamber. He was in a / perfect agony of mind. He knew that his father could not escape, and / if he were found dressed in citizen's clothes he felt that he could / have but one fate. Once the men went toward the passage that led / through to the rear entry in which his father was concealed. Bob's / heart stood still; but he acted quickly. He flung himself on the floor / right in the entrance and began to work quietly by the dim firelight. / The searchers passed by. All sorts of schemes for rescue entered his / head. Suddenly he thought of a small group of prisoners he had seen / pass by about dark. He had talked with one of them, a major. A guard / said they were on their way to General Denby's camp. He would save / him! Putting on his hat, he opened the front door and slipped out. A / sentinel tramping up and down on the porch accosted him surlily to know / where he was going.
"Won't you come in and get warm? " said Bob, hospitably.