"I beg that you will take this matter seriously, Herr Langer."
"I do. It is not in the least amusing."
The man consulted his notes for a moment.
"Where were you on the night of June twenty-eight?"
"I have been ill for a month. Dates mean nothing to me. My memory is bad."
"Ah! Well, then, where were you on the night of the assassination?"
"What assassination——?"
"The assassination of the Archduke," replied the magistrate sternly.
"In Sarajevo, I should say."
"Natürlich. But in what place?"