“I should think so!”

“In what part of France were you last?”

“In the Argonne.”

“Right! Now—when did you leave France?”

Tremaine hesitated, bit his lip. The eyes went blank again.

“I—I can’t remember.”

“Do you remember leaving France at all?—Do you remember the voyage?”

There was a silence whilst Tremaine evidently made an effort of memory.

“No,” he said, at last, “I cannot remember it.”