"You know the consequence of refusing?"
"I'm not sure that I do," said Bob with a faint smile; "but in any case I can't tell."
A short consultation took place at the table, then the officer resumed his questioning.
"You had just landed from the boat, you say. Had you not been to Yongampo?"
"No."
"Who had?"
"I cannot say."
"Why did you land?"
"To help a friend of mine who was hard pressed by the Cossacks."
"Had he been to Yongampo?"