“Now I have another plan, and I want to know if you, Chester, and you, Lieutenant Anderson, will follow my instructions?”
“Certainly,” said the lieutenant.
“You know I will, Hal,” said Chester.
“All right, then. What I want you to do is this: Return and report to General French what I have just told you. Take the men with you. That’s all.”
“But you?” demanded Chester; “aren’t you coming, too? Surely you have accomplished the mission successfully.”
“No,” replied Hal. “In this German uniform I believe I shall be perfectly safe on this side, and I am going to try and gain further information. It may be that I can learn something that will be important.”
“Then I shall go with you,” declared Chester.
“And I, too,” said Lieutenant Anderson.
“Oh, no you won’t,” said Hal grimly. “Didn’t you just promise to obey my commands, both of you?”