“Salute!” said the Captain.
All saluted Elise, who stood waiting for some order, she did not know what.
“Forward!” said the Captain to Helen, and the two girls stepped to the center.
Regarding Elise with a long, careful glance, and speaking carefully, so the little French girl should miss nothing of the full meaning of her words, the Captain asked:
“Do you know what your honor means?”
“Yess,” said Elise, finding her voice after what seemed to her an endless time. “Yess, it does mean that always I shall be trusted to be faithful and true and honorable.”
“Can I trust you,” asked the Captain, “on your honor, to be loyal to God and your country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Scout Law?”
Elise, coached by Helen and Rosanna, made the half salute in unison with the whole company, as she answered, “I do promise on my honor to be loyal to God and my country, to help other people at all times and to obey the Scout Law.”
“I trust you on your honor to keep this promise,” answered the Captain.