"What's the matter?" he demanded. "Are you crazy?"
"Not a bit of it," said Hal, "but I want your clothes."
"Well," said the German, "you won't get them. This is no time of the year for a man to be walking around with no clothes."
"Nevertheless, I must have yours," said Hal.
Chester came up at that moment, and his revolver, glistening in the darkness, lent added weight to Hal's words.
"Oh, well, of course, if you insist," said the German.
He quickly stepped from his uniform, which Chester tossed back to Gregory, who donned it hastily. As hastily the German was bound and gagged, and Hal, Chester and the four Canadians moved forward again.
"We're safe enough for the moment," said Hal, as they walked along. "The enemy will have no suspicion that we are other than we pretend to be until daylight, when one look at your Canadian faces will give the whole thing away."
"That means," said Chester, "that we should be beyond the German lines before daylight."
"Exactly," said Hal, "though how we shall do it is still the question."