"Well, you're a wonder!" in pure admiration.
"An appreciated compliment, I assure you. This is all in the way of letting you know that we have found out something concerning your movements. Now, to come down to the present. You expected to leave to-morrow. Why are you staying over?"
"Baron, I leave that to your own distinguished powers of deduction," said Truxton gently. He took a long pull at the straw, watching the other's face as he did so. The Baron smiled.
"You have found the young lady to be very attractive," observed the Baron. "Where have you known her before?"
"I beg pardon?"
"It is not unusual for a young man in search of adventure to follow the lady of his choice from place to place. She came but recently, I recall."
"You think I knew her before and followed her to Edelweiss?"
"I am not quite sure whether you have been in Warsaw lately. There is a gap in your movements that I can't account for."
King became serious at once. He saw that it was best to be frank with this keen old man.
"Baron Dangloss, I don't know just what you are driving at, but I'll set you straight so far as I'm concerned. I never saw that girl until the day before yesterday. I never spoke to her until to-day."