entrance. I shall join you there, and you will take your cue from me.
You understand?"

"Perfectly, but--"

"There is no 'but,' Captain Wayne, only do not fail me."

Our eyes met for an instant; what she read in mine God knows--in hers
was determination, with a daring strange to woman. The next moment she
had vanished through a side door, and I was alone.




CHAPTER XVII

THROUGH THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY


A GLANCE at my watch told me that it was already within a few moments
of midnight. There was, however, no diminution in the festivities, and
I waited in silence until I heard the sentries calling the hour, and
then pressed my way back into the noisy, crowded ballroom. I was
stopped twice by well-meaning officers whom I had met earlier in the
evening, but breaking away from them after the exchange of a sentence
or two, I urged my course as directly as possible toward where the
spectacled brigadier yet held his post as master of ceremonies.

We had been conversing pleasantly for several minutes when Mrs. Brennan
appeared. Standing so as to face the stairs, I saw her first coming