"Well, he hinted for information as to what we were going to do on the other side, but I didn't give him any satisfaction. Then he wanted to know whether we would consider an offer from the French Government."
"What'd you say to that?"
"I didn't give him a direct answer. Said I'd think about it. I thought it best to string him along. No telling what may be behind it all."
"You're right," agreed Joe. "Lieutenant Secor will bear watching. Did he have any idea we were observing him?"
"I think not. If he did, he didn't let on. But I thought sure, when he came across the corridor and knocked, that he'd discovered us."
"So did I, and I was all ready to bluff him out. But we'll have to be on the watch, and especially on the other side."
"What do you mean?" asked Blake.
"Well, I have an idea he's after our films, the same as he was before, either to spoil them or get them for some purpose of his own. Just now we aren't taking any, and he hasn't any desire, I suppose, to get possession of the unexposed reels. But when we begin to make pictures of our boys in the trenches, and perhaps of some engagements, we'll have to see that the reels are well guarded."
"We will," agreed Blake. "What was going on up here? We heard a racket, and Labenstein rushed up half dressed."
"Lifeboat spilled—no harm done," explained Charlie. "Well, I might as well take this camera below if we're not going to use it."