“Who are you and what do you want? Answer.” A little more sharpness in the tone.
“I am an Englishman, Robert Garrett, and this is my sister. We wish to know whether a friend, Mr. James Trevor, of London, has been hurt in the accident!”
“What accident?”
“The accident to the Cracow express!”
“Who told you there had been an accident?”
“I heard it at Vashtic.”
“Who told you there had been an accident?” he repeated.
“It seemed to be generally known. The servants in the house where I was staying heard it somewhere.”
“What are the servants’ names?”
“I don’t know. I think the man who told me was called Paul. But what I want to know——”