He helped the prisoner to his feet and they clasped hands.
“Good Lindberg! My friend! I had given up.”
“I have waited until the beer was served. It is well. And now——” He looked around the room quickly. “You shall go.”
Hammersley had a sudden thought.
“Captain von Winden sent you?”
“No. He knows nothing. But he has not spoken. It is now after nine o’clock. By half past nine you must go.”
“Ja doch! But you——!”
“I shall remain.”
“No, no; I will not consent to that.”
“Yes, I have thought out a plan.”