"The man—he treated her badly?"
"Oh, no. Very politely, and paid us for our service, but the Excellency was frightened. I was kind to her, and she was grateful, but she spoke nothing of where she was going. Perhaps she did not know. But it was not to take the waters."
"You, Selim," broke in Renwick, "you heard the men speaking? What did they say?"
He shrugged.
"How can I remember? They planned their journey with a map, but I had no interest——"
"What map——?"
"A map—how should I know——"
"Of Hungary——"
"Hungary!" And then scratching his head, "Yes, it must have been of Hungary, for they spoke of Budapest——"
"And what else? The Danube—the Thiess?"