"I--I--don't--know," he gasped.
Rowland could have shouted for joy. Hochwald!
"Where is your daughter?"
"Gone out--since supper--to visit in Starnberg."
"Who are upstairs?"
The eyes of Taglitz stared, and beneath him, Rowland could feel the man's limbs trembling in terror. But he wouldn't reply, so Rowland's fingers closed gently upon his throat.
"Answer me," he whispered, "or I'll choke you."
Already Taglitz's eyes were starting from his head and Rowland released the pressure.
"Answer," he said sternly.
Taglitz gasped for a few moments of fearful unhappiness then, as Rowland's fingers tightened, held up a feeble hand.