“What is the meaning of this?” he cried.
“That is exactly what I have come to see,” said I.
Volna got up. “Is it true, Mr. Anstruther, that you sent this address to Colonel Bremenhof?”
“Should this man remain to hear what has to be said?” I asked Bremenhof, pointing to Burski.
He found the question an awkward one. Unwilling to let Burski overhear the conversation and yet equally unwilling to remain without some protection, he was at a loss what to do.
“Take the key of the door with you, Burski, and remain within call,” he said, after a pause.
I waited until we three were alone and then answered Volna’s question. “It is possible that Colonel Bremenhof obtained the address through me. How did you get it, sir?”
But Volna did not wait for him to answer. “He has told me more than once that in consideration of his allowing you to leave the country, you betrayed my address to him.”
I turned to Bremenhof. “Do you repeat that now in my presence?”
“You have no right to come blustering here,” he said.