Just the minute it was ovah.

It would be like givin' away part of your family to give away Hero." Suddenly the Major spoke to the dog in French, a quick, sharp sentence that Lloyd could not understand.

But Hero, without an instant's hesitation, bounded from the courtyard, where they sat, into the hall of the hotel.

Through the glass doors she could see him leaping up the stairs, and, almost before the Major could explain that he had sent him for the shoulder-bags he wore in service, the dog was back with them grasped firmly in his mouth.
"Now the flask," said the Major.

While the dog obeyed the second order, he opened the bags for Lloyd to examine them.