"Yes, I know," she urged eagerly, "and zen——"
"And then when I found out that it was just across the border from Alsace I happened to think about having that button, and I thought if I could escape maybe the French people would help me if I showed it to 'em like Frenchy said."
"Oh, yess, zey will! But we must be careful," said Florette.
"It was funny how I met Archer there," said Tom. "We used to know each other in New York. He had even more adventures than I did getting there."
"And you escaped?"
"Yop."
"We put one over on 'em," said Archer. "It was his idea (indicating Tom). They let us have some chemical stuff to fix the pump engine with and we melted the barbed wire with it and made a place to crawl out through. I got a piece of the barbed wirre for a sooveneerr. Maybe you'd like to have it," Archer added, fumbling in his pockets.
Florette, smiling and crying all at once, still sat looking wonderingly from one to the other of this adventurous, ragged pair.
"Those Germans ain't so smart," said Archer.
The girl only shook her head and explained to her parents. Then she turned to Tom.