"Could you get me permission to use your telephone?" he asked.
"Only for military purposes. It is the rule now."
Warner walked over to Gray:
"You are a British officer, I take it."
"Yes."
"Captain?"
"Yes."
Sister Eila, listening, understood and took Warner to the telephone. For a few moments he heard her soft voice in conversation with the military operator, then she beckoned him and he gave the number he desired and waited.
Presently he got the Château des Oiseaux, and after a few moments Madame de Moidrey came to the telephone.
"Ethra," he said, "would you care to be hospitable to a British officer who has been injured?"