"Caught on?" echoed Hal.
"Yes. He knows that we have hoodwinked him."
"So much the better, then," said Hal. "It will save our mothers some worry." He turned to the officer who conducted them as soon as they were out on the street. "It's all right now," he said. "We can go the rest of the way alone."
"Perhaps you can," was the reply, "but you won't. You'll come right along with us."
"But," protested the lad, "we must first go to our other hotel and get the clothes we have secured for our work."
"You will have to talk to General Gallieni about that," said the officer gruffly.
"But General Gallieni knows all about our plans."
"Does he? I'm not so sure. However, I guess he will before long?"
"Look here," said Hal, "what's the matter with you?"
"Come, now," said the officer, "that's enough of that. March."