"Berger not only confessed, but he told where, in your dug-out, Noyez, could be found the secret compartment in which you hid the book containing the key to the code you sometimes employed in sending written reports to the enemy.

And here is the code book!" General Bazain tossed the accusing little notebook on the desk.
At sight of that Noyez fell back three steps, then sank cowering into a chair, covering his eyes with his hands.
"You comprehend that further lying will avail you nothing!" the division commander went on sternly.

"Lieutenant De Verne!" "Here, sir!" "Noyez, stand up.

Lieutenant De Verne, I instruct you to remove from the uniform of Noyez the insignia of his rank and every emblem that stands for France! That done, you will next cut the buttons from Noyez's tunic!" Standing so weakly that it looked as if he must fall, Noyez submitted to the indignity, silent save for the sobs that choked his voice.
"Call in the guard, and have the wretch removed from my sight!" General Bazain ordered.

"Yet, Noyez, I will say that it seems to me incredible that any Frenchman could have been so ignoble as you have proved yourself to he." "A Frenchman ?" repeated Noyez disdainfully.