“No.”
“When did you first meet Señhor Ruy Peres Y' Hacho?”
“Never saw him in my life.”
“Nor held intercourse with him?”
“Never.”
“Were not much in his company, nor intrusted to him the secret details of the expedition?”
“I know nothing of what you're talking about.”
“Produce Ruy Peres,” said the General; and the door opened, and the Chevalier, dressed in a military uniform and with several decorations of foreign orders, entered.
“Do you know this gentleman?” said the General, dryly.
“I know him for a Pole whose name is Alexis Radchoffsky—at least, under such a name he once lived in London, and is well known to the police there.”