I put as bold a face on things as I could, walked quickly up to the barrier, putting my hand in my pocket as if for my ticket.
"Good-evening, sir," said the Jew as I approached.
"Hullo, you here, Graun?" very much astonished.
"Herr Johann Lassen?" asked his companion.
"That's my name, certainly. Who are you, and what do you want? I'm in a hurry to catch the train."
"I'm a detective and have to ask you a few questions."
"Fire 'em out, quick as you can, please."
"There's no such hurry as all that. You can't go by this train. You paid a visit to this man to-day."
"We shall be here half the night at this rate. I went to purchase an identification card and he sold me one in the name of Liebe."
"Your object?"