“I believe so.”

“Can not you say definitely?”

“We did speak.”

“In English?”

“No, in French.”

“Can not you translate that French for us?”

“Pardon me, sir; it was so long ago my memory fails me.”

“Is it any better for the second and longer interview between you the next day?”

“No—sir.”

“You can not give us any phrase or word that was uttered there?”