"I am going, anyhow. But first, Milikoff—you are to stay here, I suppose?"
"Yes, until daybreak, at least."
"Good! I left a friend at the boathouse—an American, but one who is with us, heart and soul, and has proved it at the risk of his life already. I want him to come here and wait for me."
"You are sure he is all right? We have to be careful, Stepan."
"If you can trust me, you can trust Dick Warner," said Stepan.
"That is enough. Let him come!"
"Right! I will send Vanya."
He stepped to the door and called to the Serb in the Austrian uniform, who was waiting outside.
"Vanya," he said, "will you go back to the boathouse and return with the friend I left there? Tell him that I want him to come, and show him the way."
"At once," said the soldier, and was off.