"No."
"What language did you speak in Yongampo?"
"I have never been in Yongampo."
"How long have you been in the country?"
"In Manchuria?"
"Don't prevaricate. How long have you been in these parts—Manchuria or Korea?"
"A few days."
"How came you to be on friendly terms with the native in whose house you were captured?"
"Excuse me, I gave myself up. As to your question, I happened to do a little service, quite accidentally, to the Korean gentleman, and he was more grateful than the circumstances really called for."
"When did you do him this service?"