“Not more than I to see you, cher camarade!”
“But say, why are you here? I did not expect you; though strange enough I was this moment thinking of you!”
“I’m here to see you—specially you!”
“Ah! For what, my dear Roseveldt?”
“You’ve said that I instructed you in the science of war. Be it so. But the pupil now excels his teacher—has gone far beyond him in fame. That’s why I’m here.”
“Explain yourself, Count!”
“Read this. It will save speech. You see it is addressed to yourself.”
Maynard took the sealed letter handed to him. It bore the superscription:
“Captain Maynard.”
Breaking it open, he read: