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Updated: June 28, 2025
Alone in their own quarters later Hal and Chester discussed the situation seriously. "To tell the truth," said Chester, "I am half inclined to agree with General Pombrey. But if for no other reason, there is one thing that would make me reveal this plot to General Petain." "And that?" asked Hal.
"That," said Chester, "is the fact that General Pombrey and the others engaged in this conspiracy are lacking upon the German troops to throw down their arms and refuse to fight at the same moment the French and British do." "Well?" asked Hal, but he was beginning to catch Chester's drift. "Well," said Chester, "you and I know the Germans won't do that.
Outside Hal and Chester were accosted again by Jules Clemenceau. "And what do you think of General Pombrey?" asked the young Frenchman, his face shining. For a moment Hal considered what was best to say. Should he try and convince Jules that his present course was wrong; that there was to be considered the honor of his country rather than the opinion of General Pombrey?
General Pombrey was a fanatic; and the men who had come under his spell were fanatics. In that instant Hal and Chester both realized that this matter must be brought to General Petain immediately. After some few other words, General Pombrey signified that the meeting was over, and the men filed from the tent singly and in pairs, discussing the matter in low tones.
As time passed other men appeared in the tent and Hal and Chester were surprised to see that some were officers of high rank; but neither lad said anything aloud. Came the voice of a sentry without: "One o'clock and all's well!" A moment later the apathy that had gripped the interior of the tent where the conspirators were assembled disappeared. General Pombrey addressed the others.
"So," he said when Chester had concluded, "General Pombrey is mixed up in this thing, eh?" "He seems to be the leader of the movement, sir," replied Chester. "I should say that he is without doubt the directing hand." "And what do you hope to gain by telling me all this?" asked General Petain, eyeing the lad shrewdly.
When Chester spoke of being captured by Stubbs, the general smiled quietly, and Hal, noting the smile, guessed rightly that General Petain had had a hand in the capture himself or rather, that he at least had sanctioned it; and when Chester spoke of the meeting of the conspirators and mentioned the name of General Pombrey, General Petain frowned.
Now are there any other questions?" "If we fail, then what?" asked another man. General Pombrey shrugged his shoulders. "Probably court martial and a firing squad," he said indifferently. "But you will have died in a glorious cause, whereas now " A glimpse of happiness stole over the general's face. To Hal and Chester it meant but one thing.
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