“I am quite aware of it. It’s a very tight corner, indeed.”

“Was anyone cognisant of your plans?”

“No one.”

“This lady?”

“No, certainly not.”

“You are wearing a captain’s uniform. How did you get it?”

“I borrowed it without leave—stole it, perhaps I ought to say; except that I shall return it to the owner.”

“Who is the owner?”

“That I cannot answer.”

“Yet you say no one—not even the owner of the uniform—was in league with you?”