"My name is Chadwick; permit me—" Then I laughed insanely, even hysterically. "I beg your pardon! I was about to offer you material assistance. I haven't a penny in the world, and nothing of value save a pair of cuff-buttons. In fact, I don't see how I am to leave this wretched place."
This odd confession aroused her interest.
"You have lost all your money, too?"
Too! So I had read shrewdly. She was in the same predicament as myself.
"Yes. Won't you accept this louis?"
"A single louis?" She laughed wildly. "A single louis? What good would that do me?"
"But where is your brother?"
"He is ill at the hotel. Oh, I am the most unhappy woman in the world!" And her sobbing broke forth afresh.
"Pardon my former deception, but I understand German perfectly well."