WORRALS ON THE WAR-PATH
by Captain W. E. Johns
V. WORRALS MEETS A FRIEND (Pages 53 – 62)
A figure blocks the entrance to the cave;
a bearded man with a musket. Behind them
another man arrives, also carrying a gun.
Worrals and Lucien are taken deep within the cave. Here they find Frecks and Raoul. Although not under guard as such, they have
been told that if they wander off they will get lost
in the caves and die of starvation.
Our heroes are taken before five men, almost like a jury, and questioned
as to why they are there. Worrals tells them that they are there to fight the
Germans. Worrals shows them her uniform
under her raincoat but they are not impressed.
A man arrives who proclaims that Worrals is telling the truth. It is Louis Capelle, Worrals' old guide from
when she was last in that area of France.
Louis explains that the young men of the area have gathered together to
fight against Vichy and the Nazis. They
act as saboteurs, cutting telegraph wires, pulling up railways and blocking
roads with rocks. Louis speaks with his
chief and they agree to work together.
Worrals asks Louis why his men killed Duclos and he explains that he had
followed Worrals to the cave and seen her enter it. He had to be silenced. Returning to their part of the cave, Worrals
sends the signal that they are all ready for the reception of the transport
plane.