“But that is good, Maman,” Marie protested.
“It is the nut of the whole idea!” Pierre’s voice rose excitedly. “St. Sauveur is out of this district, and you will be safely away from these new Nazi troops. Some Maquis will meet us near the hospital. They will spirit our flyer out of the ambulance and hide him until he can be moved on. It is a good plan, Maman?”
“I do not like it,” she protested.
CHAPTER THREE
Father Duprey’s Plan
EVEN next morning when Father Duprey arrived to go over the plan again, Mme. Gagnon was still protesting uneasily.
Father Duprey clasped his hands, beaming. “Think of the good that will come to all.”
Marie’s mother nodded her head doubtfully.
The next step after preparing Mme. Gagnon for her role was to instruct the flyer in his part.
Leaving Marie on watch downstairs, Pierre and the priest, trailed by André, clumped up the dark staircase to the attic.
Ronald Pitt listened to them quietly and shrugged when Father Duprey asked, “You agree, my son? It is a good scheme, you think?”