"And now, the Earl and Countess of Denby," called the ober-lieutenant.
The English couple remained as motionless and appeared as unconcerned as though they had not heard.
"You two, I mean," insisted the ober-lieutenant, turning to them.
"Oh," said the man, and stepped forward, his wife following him.
The ober-lieutenant eyed the pair impressively before he asked them:
"You do not deny that you are the Earl and Countess of Denby?"
"No," replied the man.
"Ah! Then you admit it?"
"No," he said, promptly.
"But either you must be, or you cannot be, the noble couple whom I have named. Which is it?"