We then fell on our faces, and while lying there I heard him whispering to Bill. He then said to Tish: "I believe, lady, that we have met before."
"Very possibly," Tish said calmly. "In the course of my welfare work I have met many of our brave men."
"I wouldn't call it exactly welfare work you were doing when I saw you."
"No?" said Tish.
"You may be interested to know that if you hadn't stolen that ambulance"
"Salvaged."
"salvaged that ambulance I would now be in safety in Paris, instead of Not that I'd exchange," he added. "I wouldn't have missed this excursion for a good bit. But they made it so darned unpleasant for me that I enlisted."
The starlight having now died we rose and prepared to advance. Mr. Burton, however, was very difficult and tried to get Tish to promise to leave Captain Weber if we found him.
"It's the only bit of luck I've had since I left home, Miss Tish," he said.
Tish, however, ignored him, and with the help of our new allies briefly sketched a plan of campaign.
I make no pretensions to military knowledge,
