Cotton heard him, too, and his face was very grave.
"It's a pity Bougainville couldn't have come earlier," he said.

"We might not only have saved Mademoiselle Julie but have captured this Prince of Auersperg as well.

Then we should indeed have had a prize.

But the wireless could not talk through all the storm and we had no warning of the German movement until the snowfall died down." "What are we going to do ?" asked John.
"We'll stay on the site of Chastel at least until morning, which can't be far away." John looked at his watch.
"It will be daylight in two hours," he said.
"Oh, by the way," exclaimed Carstairs, "what became of Weber ?" "We were making our escape in Mademoiselle Lannes' automobile when we ran into a detachment of Germans.

Our car was riddled; we both dodged for shelter and that was the last I saw of him." "He escaped.