The doctor sighed. "I shall see you before you leave?"
"Probably! But go now, Robert!"
With another and still heavier sigh, the surgeon followed the others, and Walter remained alone with the major and the adjutant.
[CHAPTER XXII.]
A Fearful Alternative.
A Quarter of an hour might have passed, when he left his superior officers to go to his own room. He had just set foot in the corridor when a dark figure left the wall where it had been standing motionless, and crossed his path.
"Lieutenant Fernow, I have been a long time awaiting you!"
Walter paused; he recognized the American.
"What do you want of me, Mr. Alison?"
"Can I have the honor of a conversation with you?"