For he a second he wondered.
"But how did you know?—Who told you?—I only just got here. No one—knew. How could you have known I was coming?"
He heard Kurz sigh; a long sigh that quavered at the end.
"I—? Ach!—how—I—hoped—!"
"That I would come?"
"That you would come, Charlie."
He could not fathom the look in Kurz's eyes. He had never seen a look like that in those eyes. He thought that it was not a human look.
"See here, Otto—What is it?"
Kurz made a little, appealing gesture with his long, trembling hands.
"Later—I—will—try—to—tell—you—"