Yes, I think that hiding it is the safest way.

You will be pleased to hear that the general has given me a commission as captain." "That is good news, indeed," the boy said.

"I was just going to ask, master, what he had done for you, because, though I went with you, it was you who planned the business, and I only did as you told me." "You had something to do with the planning, too, Paolo.

However, I think that we may both feel well content with the rewards that we have obtained for two days' work." As Hector went out he met de Lisle and Chavigny.
"Well met!" the former exclaimed.

"We have just left the general, and he has told us what you have done, and that he has made you a captain in consequence.