"There can be no greater friendship than this!" Pierre Deschaud whispered softly.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Danger In The Dark
For a long moment tingling silence settled over the trio. Then Pierre Deschaud made a little gesture with his hands, and broke it.
"And now, the most dangerous part of all," he said, "your safe return to England with that very valuable paper. And you must get back. Five other brave men came for the information you now possess, and they died. You must not die. If you fail, all is lost. There will not be enough time left for Colonel Fraser to send over another agent to contact me. It is up to you two, now."
The two boys nodded grimly.
"Colonel Fraser spoke of there being a few military air fields at Antwerp," Dave spoke up. "What is the nearest and best one for us to tackle and try to steal a plane?"
"I will take care of that little matter, too," Pierre Deschaud said. "Were you to try such a thing alone, you would not live ten minutes. That happened to two of those five. Two others were killed before they even reached a field. And the fifth, a fine lad not much older than either of you, was not fast enough. He was shot down to his death before he was out of sight of Antwerp. But you—you must get through!"
"Can we get started now?" Dave asked, and nervously clenched and unclenched his fists. "The sooner the better is the way I see it."