As neither Frank nor Jack replied, Davis continued.
"I would just like to add that if you desire to get ahead of me it will be necessary to arise very early in the morning. What kind of a spy do you think I am, anyway, not to know when I am being followed? I assure you, gentlemen, you have misjudged me. I was not born yesterday."
Still neither lad replied.
"And now," Davis went on, "I must ask you to be so kind as to precede me to the parlor, where I shall entertain you more comfortably."
He emphasized this statement with a slight gesture with one of his revolvers and there was naught for the lads to do but obey.
Davis followed them closely, still covering them with his two revolvers. In the parlor he motioned them to seats and took a chair across the room.
"Now," he said, "I would be pleased to have you tell me how you escaped from our enemies, the British."
"Well, I can see no harm in enlightening you," said Jack. "I would have supposed that, being so brilliant, you had guessed it by this time. We are British officers and not German."
"Would it surprise you," queried Davis, "if I should tell you I had surmised as much? And our good friend, Commander Bernstorff"—and here Davis laughed—"how is he?"
"Well," replied Jack calmly. "And now I wonder if you would explain a few things to me?"