"Back of one of the drawers in the cupboard yonder."
"And how did you know of the place?"
"I was stationed here when I first joined the regiment. The château was untenanted. I rambled all over it. I explored its nooks and corners. I discovered that secret hiding place by chance and now the Eagle is there."
"And there it shall remain until it is discovered or until you give me leave to produce it," said the girl firmly.
"I have your promise?"
"You know well that I shall keep it."
"I thank you, mademoiselle. Twice you have saved my life and now, what is more to me than life, the emblem of my faith as a soldier, the honor of my regiment."
"But why keep it, this Eagle, at all," asked the girl, "and run this risk?"
"It may be needed again."
"But by whom?"