Then he once more
turned his eyes upon the contents of General Joffre's message.
"General Joffre," he said quietly, "speaks highly of you both. He says
that you are to be trusted implicitly and he appears to have great
confidence in your resourcefulness. Upon his recommendation I should say
that, if you are willing to undertake the work, you would come as near
bringing it to a successful termination as any men we might find."
"Thank you, sir," said Hal quietly. "We are both willing and eager to
make the attempt."
"Then," said the general, "we shall consider the matter settled."
"But," protested the Prime Minister, "it seems to me that they are much
too young to be allowed to assume such a risk."
"From General Joffre's letter," remarked the military governor of Paris
dryly, "I should say that they have already assumed risks every whit as
great." He turned again to Hal and Chester. "Do you know anything of the
Apaches of Paris?" he asked.
"Only what we have read," replied Chester. "I should say that they are of
the lowest possible order of criminals.
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