"At the front, you say?
When did they leave for the front ?" "This evening," answered Jeremy.
You couldn't see his face in the dark, but I think he was chuckling.
"Strange!" said the banker.

"Yet you say they have been betrayed--their plan is known--yet they left for the front this evening ?" It was pitch-dark inside the car, for the rain swished down in torrents and Jeremy fastened the flaps after he got in.

Rene's change of expression was a thing that you could feel, not see.

He kept perfect silence for about two minutes, while the car skidded and bumped at the rear of the procession.

Then: "You tell me that Feisul knows, and yet..." "Oh, I didn't tell you that," laughed Jeremy.