They must have come here while we were looking for them on the outskirts of the town." "It would seem so.

But don't be downhearted, Mr.Scott.

Doubtless they've made captives of Mademoiselle Lannes and her attendants, but they have not done any bodily harm even to the big Picard.

The absence of all blood shows it.

And the Germans would not injure a woman like Mademoiselle Lannes.