“From what I know, it could be,” Slade replied. “And it may well be that he’ll regain the ability to talk within a couple of days. I fed him a little something after he came to, and gave him some water, and he seemed to like that. From the look in his eyes he isn’t suffering any great pain.”
“In a week there’ll be American Army doctors here,” Tony said. “They can fix him up.”
“You sound very certain about that,” Max said. “You and Dick must have made out all right in town. How about it?”
Dick and Tony told the others about finding Uncle Tomaso and then about the plans for placing the radio in the old bell tower. At first they were incredulous, and then they all laughed just the way Uncle Tomaso had laughed.
“If that really works,” Vince exclaimed, “it’ll be the best joke the Germans ever had played on them. They think they’re so smart! But it’s just the sort of thing they’d never dream of doing—or of anybody else doing. By golly, I think we can really get away with it!”
“By Golly, I Think We Can Get Away With It!”
They talked for a long time. Slade wanted to know if they had looked at the dam, of course.