"That's true," agreed Earl readily. "Why don't we all go?"
"You two stay here and guard this monoplane," exclaimed Jacques. "They may arrive here after us at any minute." He set off at a run across the field.
"If that aviator who threw the bomb has landed yet," remarked Leon, "he has undoubtedly telephoned to the post nearest this place and soldiers are probably on their way here already."
"They've got to go through a lot of woods to reach this spot," said Earl. "Perhaps they won't be able to find it."
"Don't you worry about that; they'll come straight here without the least bit of trouble."
"The minute any Germans appear it seems to me the thing for us to do is to take to the woods. We might be able to escape that way."
"Our chance of escape depends on whether Jacques can get any wire or not," said Leon. "I wish he could hurry."
"He'll do his best," remarked Earl. "You may be sure of that."
"What's he doing over there anyway?"
"Talking with the priests as far as I can see," said Earl. "I guess they decided there was no use in trying to save their barn."