Jack followed the king back into the room where the general still sat at his desk, and was turned over to the latter by the king with this parting injunction:
“See that he has everything he wants, and see also that he is well guarded until I have decided what final disposition to make of him.”
“And the other prisoner?” questioned the general.
“Well, I haven’t much sympathy for the other,” said the king, “but he, too, must be treated well.”
The general bowed his head in assent, and the king left the room.
“I hardly know what to do with you,” mused the general, tapping on his desk with a lead pencil.
He was silent for some moments, meditating. Finally he struck a bell and a moment later an orderly entered the room and came to a salute.
“Summon Lieutenant Erickson,” commanded the general.
A few minutes later a young, pleasant-looking Danish officer entered the room.
The general introduced the two young men to each other, and then said to the lieutenant: