“I should like to know what stands between us.”
“Your life!” was the cool reply.
“Have done with this fooling. Do you surrender or not? Girl, be careful how you handle that pistol.”
“You promise that these people shall not be disturbed, sir?”
“I do.”
“And that you will take me to your headquarters before your commander?”
“Of course.”
“Then I give myself up as a prisoner of war.”
It required no second bidding for the soldiers to secure so valuable a captive, and a minute later Cavalry Curt was in the power of his foes.
Colonel Morland had been freed, so that he breathed easier.