"Because you brought about the death of von Bechtold, and he was an officer most valuable to our government."
"If you caught an American spy in Germany would you arrest him?"
"Assuredly," admitted the German officer.
"And do your best to prove your charge against him and have him executed."
"Again, assuredly."
"That was what I did, in the case of von Bechtold."
"Bah, you are like the French and English!" snapped the ober-lieutenant. "You can never get it through your heads that a German is more important than one of your kinds of people."
"No," Dave agreed, "I am afraid that we cannot appreciate that fact, or even admit it to be a fact."
"And now, before you leave me," broke in the German officer, quickly, "tell me the name of your destroyer and the station on which you last served."
Dave smiled, but did not answer in words. The ober-lieutenant regarded him frowningly.