"A lady, Excellency?"
"Yes, yes. A lady and perhaps a gentlemen."
"We are merely eating our dinner, Excellency. We—we have no wish to do harm to anyone."
"Idiots!" cried Windt. "A motor-car? An automobile? Did you see it? Answer—or——"
"A motor-car—Excellency?" the fellow stammered. "Yes—a motor-car."
"How long since?" snapped Windt.
"A moment only—it was here—just here—and now it is gone——"
"Where?"
"Y-yonder——" and he pointed down the road.
The three men exchanged frowning glances, but Herr Windt's were the most terrible of the three.