She sat with her dark brows drawn together, considering the scheme very carefully, and after a long silence asked: "How long do you think it would take?"
"Only so long as is needed to get the passports, etc."
But she shook her head. "There is a difficulty—Hans. He could not possibly get away, even if he were willing to go; which I doubt."
"Can you think of any one else?"
She hesitated, glancing first at me and then at Nessa. "Do you remember the two Apeldoorn sisters, Nessa?"
"Yes, quite well, dear."
"They are Herr Feldmann's cousins," said Rosa: and then I knew what was coming. "One of them is going to be married and wants me to go to the wedding. I should have gone if it hadn't been that we heard just then about my Cousin Johann. Herr Feldmann and his sister are going, and I should have gone with them; but his sister is ill," she added, looking to see how I took this.
"It would certainly open the way to the necessary credentials, but how could I get hold of his permit?"
"I can't think of anything else," said Rosa as I did not answer. "But I think Herr Feldmann would help if I asked him," she added.
"Do you mean you would tell him everything?" I asked, not at all relishing the suggestion.