We've been trying to escape today, and we put that flag up in the tree as a sort of signal, while we hid among the vines below, until you should come, as he believed you would.

He was right, but he was unlucky enough to be absent when you arrived." "Maybe it couldn't have happened in a better way.

The _Arrow_ can carry only two, and I don't know what we'd have done with him.

He's a clever fellow and he'll make his way back to the army." "I hope so, in fact I feel so.

But, Philip, it's glorious to be with you again, and to be up here, where the bullets can't reach you." "That is, so long as the German flyers don't come near enough to take shots at us." "I don't see any in sight, and meanwhile I intend to be comfortable.
Good old _Arrow_! The best little rescuer in the world! Lannes, I believe it's a large part of your business to fly about over fields of battle and rescue me." "You certainly give me plenty of opportunities," laughed Lannes.
"What's been happening?
I fancy that a lot of water has flowed under the bridges of the Marne since I left you." "We continue to gain," replied Lannes, with quiet satisfaction.