“H’m,” said Hammersley thoughtfully. “Excellenz neglects nothing.”
“You would go to your death.”
“Perhaps. Thanks for the warning,” said Hammersley bluntly. “I’m going just the same.”
Von Winden looked at him in amazement. “You do not believe me?” he asked. “It is the truth, I tell you.”
“I shall find a way.”
“But there is no way. You think that I am trying to persuade you to escape by the mountains so that you may be captured with the papers?”
“Yes. I could not escape that way now. You know it.”
“Perhaps not, but what you plan is insane.”
“Fortune favors the fool. I’ve made up my mind.”