“No particular reason,” replied the lad.
At this moment Count de Reslau himself entered the tent.
“I hear Brunnoi has escaped,” was his first remark to the Grand Duke.
“Unfortunately, that is true,” replied the Russian commander.
“Strange,” said the count. “When I talked to him a couple of hours ago he seemed resigned to his fate.”
“But,” said the Grand Duke, “he paid these lads a visit soon after his escape. Following a struggle, he again got away.”
The count glanced at the lads incredulously.
“Has it ever occurred to Your Excellency,” he said quietly, “that these two lads may know more about Brunnoi than they care to admit?”
“What!” exclaimed the Grand Duke.
Hal took a quick step forward.