"Numbered among the best, I believe," Dick returned, with a smile.
"You are a captain?"
"Yes."
"Then you know what I mean to ask, and you must not try to trifle with me. How is your regiment numbered? What is the number of your regiment?"
"Numbered among the best, as I told you."
"How long have you been in France?"
"Long enough to like its people, meaning those who belong here, not those who have come into France by force of arms."
"Captain, is your regiment on the line yet?"
"It's a line regiment, of course," Prescott replied dumbly.
"Captain," spoke the questioner angrily, "you must not try to make game of us! If you do not answer our questions you will regret it."