"Captain Grant is with the ambulance, Mistress Claire," he reported. "He came up alone about five minutes ago."
CHAPTER XXX
BEFORE GENERAL ARNOLD
I felt her hand withdrawn quickly, and the swift intake of her breath, yet there was no sharpness in the voice.
"Captain Grant, Peter? What can the man want here?"
"He claimed to be hunting deserters," returned Swanson, as calmly deliberate of speech as ever. "But that was false. He knew we were on the road, and asked for you."
"For me? And you told him—"
"Merely that you rode ahead to see that the road was clear. Then I left at once, fearing he might join you."