Picking up another book from the table, the ober-lieutenant turned rapidly through some indexed pages. Suddenly a gleam came into his eyes.
"Ah, here I have it. Darrin, David. Responsible for the capture and recognition of Ober-Lieutenant von Bechtold. Witness against von Bechtold, who was executed in England as a spy. Ha! So you are the Darrin, eh?"
"I may be," half-assented Dave, feeling the other's burning gaze.
"Then I am glad to have you here, Lieutenant-Commander Darrin!" cried the German officer, "but I am afraid things will go badly indeed with you when you arrive in Germany!"
CHAPTER X
LIKE THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH
"Indeed?" asked Dave, raising his eyebrows slightly.
"You cannot expect that the people of the Fatherland will feel any great kindness toward you," pursued the ober-lieutenant.
"Why should they dislike me?"