Chapter 41

From this it was evident to Fin that the General and Nipperg were _not_ working together. Evidently the General had bribed Nipperg’s man to betray his master. This was a more credible explanation and Fin was relieved. His heart began to beat faster as the real truth of the situation shadowed itself before. From the sounds that reached him it was evident the General was letting himself down into his hole again. “I have to dig a regular goddam cave,” he grumbled, “in order to get through myself. It would be a cinch i…