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Retrace your steps as soon as you see ihem

1 5. The wind was so strong that it did not allow the sentinels to

hear any noise.

16. Ile at once climbed iip the ladder, but no one prepared to

follow him.

I 7. Still half aslcep, they died witliout knowing whose hand had

struck ihom.

iS. Seveial of them were never to see again the town they had

just left.

1 . The princes whom the Crusaders had defeated had applied to

the Sultan for help.

2. As soon as they had taken possession of their camp, they eut

off their heads.

It was not long before hunger began to be felt.

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