The major now approached Antoinette.
"Have you learned anything?" he asked.
"Yes," replied the girl quietly. "The next German attack will be made day after tomorrow on this front, in an effort to recapture ground won by General Byng. There will be no activity now in the Verdun sector."
"But will the enemy weaken his lines there?"
"Such is not the plan. The general staff believes that there are enough men on this front to go through."
"Good!" said the major. "That's what I came all this way to learn.
But how were you discovered, Antoinette?"
"My wig came off," replied the girl. "One of the Germans tapped me playfully on the head, and his ring caught in my hair. The next thing I knew I was a prisoner."
"It's too bad," said the major. "We have lost a valuable assistant now. Of course, there is no use in your remaining here longer. You must go with us."
"But I would so like to stay," murmured the girl.
"But you can't," said Hal eagerly. "You can see that, can't you?"