"I'm not so certain about that," declared Don.
"The only thing I'm certain about is that I intend to go," cried Chase, "and any one who tries to prevent it will have the privilege of bringing an assault and battery charge against me."
"The Château de Morancourt has been the center of too many stormy times for us to start another," chuckled the aviator's son.
Dunstan, standing by the big oak table, tapped upon its surface.
"Chase has stood it better than I thought," he rapped in the Morse code.
The answer he received was this:
"Yes, after a while he may surprise us all with his courage."
"You chaps are incorrigible," jerked out Chase. "I never knew before that woodpeckers kept at it both day and night."
So speaking, he made a break for the window.
Don and Dunstan trailed after him, and all lost no time in climbing outside.