“He is not here,” was the reply. “We expect him back any moment.”
“Where is he?”
“He went after the two prisoners, who escaped.”
“Your prisoners have escaped?” demanded the general.
“Yes.”
The general turned to one of his men.
“Call the others within,” he ordered.
The other four troopers came into the house, followed by the Americans and the German captain. Mr. Willing was the first to see Mrs. Sebastian, and he sprang toward her.
“What have you done with my daughter, madam?” he demanded.
Mrs. Sebastian shrank back from him.