"There's a back staircase, then?"
"No doubt."
"How many servants are there, sir?"
"Two men, whom Obernai brought with him from Alsace, he says. I've caught a glimpse of an old woman, too, but she rarely leaves the back premises."
With this information Kenneth and Harry left the house, and returned to their billet to consult Ginger.
CHAPTER XX
MONSIEUR OBERNAI's ATTIC
"I can't hardly believe it," said Ginger, when Kenneth recounted the facts and his inferences. "Never thought Stoneway had the pluck."
"A man without pluck is no good as a spy," Harry remarked.
"True. He must have had an awful time of it, always wondering if he'd be found out, or copped by a German bullet."