"Just so; then Bob, climbing the wall and examining our guns, is a spy, and therefore must die."
"But he is a good American, though an ignorant one."
"You think so?"
"I am sure of it."
"Then in that case it is a pity, but we must expect to lose some good Americans in war times."
"But he is not a spy."
"Not now; no, he is in the stocks, but according to the laws of war he was a spy."
"The court must decide that."
"Yes; but it will be after his death."
"After his death?"