"
"That means," said Hal, "that it will be hard work getting passports
for us."
"Not at all," said Block. "I can do that with ease. There are many
Dutch correspondents in Germany. Two or three more won't matter. One
of you can take my passport." He looked at Hal. "You and I look
something alike, anyhow," he said.
"So we do," Hal agreed. "But can you get passports for my friends
here?"
"I can manufacture them myself, the same as I did for your friend
Stubbs," said the Dutchman quietly, "I need not tell you, however, that
should I be discovered I would probably be shot. But why shouldn't I
do it? My mother was an English Woman."
"We shall be greatly obliged," said Hal.
Block led the way from the tent.
"Mount your horses," he said. "We'll go to the railroad station and
catch a train for Amsterdam. You shall be my guests until the
passports are prepared."
Hal was nothing loath. He realized that they had encountered good
fortune in the person of Herr Block. He placed implicit confidence in
the man, for it was perfectly plain that Block was telling the truth
when he said his sympathies were with the Allies.
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