"Don't say that!" urged Franz. "This very night some of us are going to get together in the dark and talk matters over. I have a plan. It may fail, but we might as well be shot while trying to escape as to lead the life we do."
This information seemed to bring new life to Bob.
And that night, between inspections of the guards, a silent band of prison conspirators met in a dark corner of the barracks. Franz whispered to them his plan of escape.
"What do you think of it?" he asked.
"It's desperate," said an Englishman.
"But let's try it!" suggested another. "Otherwise I shall go mad!"
And so the daring resolve was taken.
[CHAPTER XXII]
THE ESCAPE
Silently, the desperate prisoners crouched in the dark corner of the miserable German camp. Their hearts that had been so deep in despair now beat with new hope.