"Who are you?" she asked.
His eyes narrowed slightly as he looked past her out of the window. Then he said politely:
"The Countess Strahni is well within her rights in asking that question. I am Captain Leo Goritz."
That meant nothing to her and she found herself repeating her question.
He deliberated a moment.
"I see no reason why I should not tell you," he said at last. "I do not desire a misconception of my personal motives—which I beg you to understand are of the highest. I am merely carrying out my orders to bring the Countess Strahni with all dispatch within the borders of the German Empire."
"You—you are——" she paused in dismay.