There, right in
front of them, carrying his plate and cup, and twirling his
mustache, was the man they sought!
The Twins stood still, and not by the quiver of an eyelash did
they betray any excitement until the man had passed into the
tent. Then Uncle Sam said to them, "Now you scoot for home, or
your Mother will be worried to death! Tell your Father and Mother
all about it, but don't tell another soul at present." The
children flew back across the meadow, picked up their basket of
cress, and when they reached the Chateau, fed the hungry rabbits.
Then they found their Father and Mother and told them their
morning's adventures.
XIII. CHILDREN OF THE LEGION
It must not be supposed, because things were more cheerful for
the inhabitants of Fontanelle, that they had forgotten the war.
They were reminded of it every day, not only by the presence of
soldiers, but by the sound of distant guns, and by the visits of
German airplanes. Often in the middle of the night an alarm would
be given, and the people of the village would spring from their
beds and seek refuge in the cellars of the. Chateau--that is, all
but Kathleen; she obstinately refused to go, even when the Doctor
reasoned with her. "Let me die in my bed," she pleaded. "It's
better form. Our best people have always done it, and besides
when I'm waked suddenly that way I'm apt to be cross." So, when
the sound of the buzzing motor was heard in the sky, she simply
drew the covers over her head, and stayed where she was, while a
strange, half-clad procession, recruited from stables and
granary, filed into the Chateau cellar.
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