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God forbid! God help and deliver us! I do not hear them yet: if they should fail to reach it in time, God help us!

What dost thou there? What dost thou listen for? What dost thou expect?

Means for thy deliverance,—thy escape.

Say not so; it is impossible.

It is possible, and will be, if there's a Providence on earth—if there's mercy in heaven. (Puts his ear to the ground as before.)

I hear nothing. What is it thou expectest to hear?

I do hear it now: they are near; they will open upon us presently.

What dost thou hear?

The sound of their spades and their mattocks.