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If you knew the code and could get rid of the lookout they keep in the tower , while I -- '' She broke off and reflected . `` They 've got to change the lookout in the tower , '' she said . `` If the one comes down before the other goes up , and if we had a hatchet -- '' `` Exactly , '' I said . `` And if we were back in the cottage at Penzance , with nothing worse to fight than mosquitoes -- '' We had no midday meal , but at dusk Tish was lucky enough to capture a knapsack set down by a German soldier just outside the machine-gun aperture , and we ate what I believe are termed emergency rations . By that time it was quite dark , and Tish announced that the time had come to strike , though she refused any other explanation . We had no difficulty in getting out of the cellar , and Tish led the way immediately to the foot of the tower . `` We must get rid of the sentry up there , '' she whispered .