"I'm satisfied if you are," he replied. "Shoot!"
The plane began to descend.
CHAPTER III
AMONG THE ENEMY
The aircraft settled to earth in the darkness as gently as a huge bird and Hal and Chester stepped out silently. For a moment they stood trying to get their bearings.
"Where do you figure we are?" asked Chester in a low tone.
"We should be a mile due east of Sedan," was Hal's reply. "I saw the lights of the city below as we passed."
"Sedan, eh?" said Chester. "What memories of school days that name conjures up, Hal."
"So it does," was Hal's whispered response: "Of Bismarck, of Napoleon III and of the French defeat in the deciding battle of the Franco-Prussian war."
"What a glorious thing it would be if the French could strike a decisive blow at the Germans here now," muttered Chester. "It would be retribution."