23/26 We signed a paper to that effect." "But she is a Belgian. And she is not the person she claimed to be." To this neither Rondel nor Henderson had an answer. Here is money; give it to the woman and tell her to get out--or we'll eject her by force." The woman grabbed the money eagerly, but after placing it in an ample pocket she said: "I will go no place but Dunkirk. I will not leave you until you take me there." But here the lieutenant interfered. He suddenly faced the woman, who had not noticed his presence before, and she shrank back in fear at sight of his uniform. |