"What is the matter, Tommy?" she demanded, petulantly. "Are you relating to them the story of your life?"
"No," he explained, blandly, venturing at last to look at her, "I was just telling them how it was that you and I had arranged to meet at this hotel."
"Well—now tell them to go away. They are ugly and they annoy me."
"What does she say?" asked the officer.
Stewart was certain that at least one of them knew English, so he judged it best to translate literally.
"She wants to know what is the matter," he answered. "She asks me to tell you to go away—that you annoy her."
The officer smiled grimly.
"She does not understand German?"
"Not a word," lied Stewart, glibly.
"What is her name?"