CHAPTER XVI: The March to Derby. 

Two days later when the jailer brought in breakfast to their cell he dropped on the table by the side of the loaf a tiny ball of paper, and then without a word went out and locked the back door. Malcolm put his finger to his lips as Ronald was about to utter an exclamation of joy. 

"One's appetite is not as good here as it was when we were tramping the hills, Ronald; but one looks forward to one's meals; they form a break in the time." 

So saying, he took up one of the lumps of bread and began to ear, securing at the same time the pellet of paper. "We can't be too careful," he said in a whisper. "It is quite possible that they may be able to overhear us." 

"I don't see how," Ronald replied in the same tone; "I see no crack or crevice through which sound could pass." 

"You may not see one," Malcolm said, "but it may exist for all that. One of the boards of the ceiling may be as thin as paper, and anyone listening through could hear every word we say when we speak in our natural voices. The magistrates evidently believe that they have made a valuable capture, and would give anything to prove that their suspicions are correct. Now, I will go and stand at that grated opening and look at this paper, if they are watching us they will see nothing then." 
What was said that meals do?
Were they something to look forward to?
Were the men actually hungry?
Did the jailer speak to them when he brought the food?
What meal did he bring?
What were the men's names?
Was malcolm suspicious?
Of what?
Did he adjust his volume because of this?
Did Ronald believe this was likely?
Why not?
Where did his cellmate thing they could hear them from?
Was he suspicious of them watching him as well?
Who had captured them?
form a break in the time
but one looks forward to one's meals; they form a break in the time." 
yes
but one looks forward to one's meals; they form a break in the time." 
no
"One's appetite is not as good here as it was when we were tramping the hills,
no
Two days later when the jailer brought in breakfast to their cell he dropped on the table by the side of the loaf a tiny ball of paper, and then without a word 
breakfast
Two days later when the jailer brought in breakfast to their cell
Malcolm and Ronald
Malcolm put his finger to his lips as Ronald
yes
 "We can't be too careful," he said in a whisper. "It is quite possible that they may be able to overhear us." 
that someone might be able to overhear them
 "We can't be too careful," he said in a whisper. "It is quite possible that they may be able to overhear us." 

yes
"We can't be too careful," he said in a whisper. 
no
"I don't see how," Ronald replied in the same tone
he saw no crack or crevice through which sound could pass
Ronald replied in the same tone; "I see no crack or crevice through which sound could pass." 
one of the boards of the ceilin
 One of the boards of the ceiling may be as thin as paper, and anyone listening through could hear every word we say 
yes
Now, I will go and stand at that grated opening and look at this paper, if they are watching us they will see nothing then."
the magistrates
The magistrates evidently believe that they have made a valuable capture