“What do you expect me to do?” asked the lieutenant, when he had finished.
“I don’t know. I was in hopes you could suggest something!”
“I’m afraid that even a suggestion from an officer of the United States might be looked upon as a breach of neutrality,” was the reply.
“Then how would it do if you should go to bed and go to sleep?” asked Billie. “Of course you could not violate your order of neutrality if you were asleep.”
“That’s true.”
“And then, again,” explained Billie, “there is a
dangerous man abroad tonight, who needs watching.”
“How’s that?”
“I saw an English-speaking foreigner give a Mexican ten thousand pounds tonight to aid the revolution.”
“What!” almost shouted the lieutenant. “Ten thousand pounds?”