I will tell them that the Germans want a good excuse for putting you three men in jail and that they will be sent away free as a reward if they will start a fire and charge you afterward with arson! I will tell them to choose the first windy night, so as to have a really spectacular blaze worth committing perjury about!" "Better arrange a signal," Will advised.

"They might otherwise fire before we were ready!" "Very well.

You men give me the word at midday of the day of the start, and I will spread red, white and blue laundry on the roof of the commandant's house for the Greeks to see." "Good enough!" agreed Will.

"Now one more stunt! We simply must have firearms.

The Germans have taken ours away and locked them up.