"Which I have done. The results you know."
"Are you satisfied with the results?"
Mr. John Brown was silent a few seconds. Evidently he was thinking deeply.
"He is no Bolshevist at heart," he said.
"Are you?"
"I? Great heavens, no! I hate it, except for my enemies. But it has served our purpose so far. Russia is in a state of chaos; it is powerless—bleeding at our feet. If Russia had remained united, we, the Germans, would have been crushed, beaten, ruined. As it is——"
"I love the condition of Russia," and Romanoff spoke almost exultantly. "I love it! It is what I hoped for, strove for, prayed for!"
"You—a Russian—say that! And you pray?"
"Yes; I pray. What then?"
"But you did not pray to God?" and there was a note of fear in Mr. Brown's voice.