But where can I hide you ?" and she stood for a minute or two thinking.

"I think the safest place of all," she said at last, "the only place where you would have a chance of escaping, if a search is made, is in the general's own writing-room.

It is very bare of furniture, but there are heavy curtains to the windows.

No one would think of searching that room, and the chances are that no one will go near the windows." The lads agreed that the plan was a good one, and the young lady hurried away to see if the room, which was not far from her own, was still empty.

She returned in a minute, and beckoned to them to follow her.