“Ha! ha! So we have you at last, my fine bird!” said he, gazing in a sinister manner at Gilbert. “It was a good capture truly!”
“What do you mean, Captain Barusky?”
“You know well enough what I mean.” The Russian officer snapped his teeth together. “So you have been talking about me, eh?” he added, in a lower voice.
“I have said nothing that isn’t true.”
“So you are going to make more trouble for me, is that it?”
“I shall tell only the truth.”
“Bah! Who will believe you?”
“Perhaps I’ll be able to present proofs.”
“Do you carry papers with you? I shall have you searched.”
“I have no papers, so you need not trouble yourself.”