"Captain Ribaut has taken them west along the line." "Thank you.

If they return, you will tell them where I have gone." By this time the German colonel was cursing volubly.

He felt that he could talk, at last, without danger of being killed for his audacity.

Noyez, pallid as in death, was silent, his eyes cast down.
Back to the third line of trenches De Verne led the party, then down into the dug-out of his company commander, Captain Cartier.
"A German colonel and Lieutenant Noyez, prisoners!" announced the patrol leader.
"The German colonel I can understand truly," replied the French captain.

"But why Lieutenant Noyez ?" "Captain Prescott, of the American Army, arrested both and made the charges against Noyez," De Verne responded.