“And now answer my questions. What is your name?”
“Henry Morris, sir. But——”
“To what command do you belong?”
“To Captain Werrick’s detachment, Royal Americans. But, sir, if you’ll only listen——”
“Are you stationed anywhere?”
“I have been on guard here for the last week.”
“On guard here?” repeated the officer of the guard. He turned to Prent. “And you are on guard here, too?”
“Yes, lieutenant. He went off when I came on. But he did not go to quarters, but hung around, and so I suspected him. In fact, he tried, I think, to get me into some of his plans day before yesterday.”
“How was that?”
“He came to me and said he could show me a way to make money if I could keep my tongue from wagging. He said——”