There was no answer, but the officer grew red in the face.
"Did you hear the question?"
"It was to frighten him," the lieutenant finally blurted out. "Anyway he was a spy and deserved to be hung. He had come into our lines in disguise."
The corporal motioned to Frank.
"Ask the girl again if she is sure the prisoner had on an American uniform," he directed.
Frank did so.
"Oui, oui," she affirmed emphatically.
To make sure, Frank repeated the question to the farmer and his son and received the same answer.
He reported to the corporal.
"These people all say that the prisoner was not in disguise, Lieutenant," said Wilson. "Do you still wish to insist that he was?"