Jan got to work on the map, and decided that the best route out would be
one to Novi Bazar, and thence by tracks to Berane. There were villages
marked in the mountains which did not seem so high as those by Ipek,
also the road, if there were one, would be at least two days shorter.
Sir Ralph came back next day, and knowing that we had but lately
returned from Montenegro, he asked Jan a lot of questions about the
road, etc. Sir Ralph's latest decision was that all men of military
age--not doctors--should attempt to cross the mountains into Montenegro.
He could not say if any transport could be provided, or if there would
be any means of escaping from Montenegro, and in consequence he advised
no women to move, as they would be better where they were, than in
facing the risks of the mountains; they would not be in the same danger
as the orderlies, for whom internment was to be expected. Dr. Holmes
decided to accompany us, as he said he wasn't going to doctor Germans,
and he might be useful to the retreating Serbian army.
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