“Word for word?”
“I cannot say that. There were certain names and certain figures that I remember very clearly as being exactly the same. I—I——” she hesitated. “There were reasons why, in the state of mind that I was in, what I saw remained impressed upon my memory.”
Hammersley throughout had sat immovable. But Rizzio, who had shown signs of anxiety, now interrupted.
“Excellenz, I beg——”
Von Stromberg silenced him with a gesture.
“If you will be pleased to continue, Fräulein. Do you remember the numerals?”
“Some of them.”
“And the towns and dates?”
“Some of them.”