The visitors inspected the Cathedral of Notre Dame, erected in the twelfth century; stood within the portals of the Madeleine, the famous little edifice occupied by the insurgents during the Commune, and in which building three hundred of them were shot down.
The Battleship Boys also visited many other famous churches and noted public buildings. The other Americans, having learned who the lads were, made it their business to explain to them all about the places visited, relating many interesting historical stories, some of which were already familiar to Dan Davis, who had read widely for his age.
The day that had begun so unhappily for the boys came to a close all too soon, and they decided to return to their boarding house, which was not far from where the tourist automobile stopped to discharge its passengers.
They had paid for their accommodations at the pension for the full time they expected to be in Paris, so they had no fear of being overcharged for their meals there.
The table looked most inviting as they entered the dining room, taking the places assigned to them.
The boys had just begun their dinner when they were summoned to the drawing room, where they found a foreign-looking man in livery awaiting them.
"Are you Monsieur Dan Davis?" he asked in English, but with a strong foreign accent.
"Yes, sir."
"You are to go with me, you and your friend."
"Go with you?"