“Good idea.”
“Give me the first letter. Better make sure of the woman’s name. Ah, here it is—Madame A—peculiar, unpronounceable name.”
“‘Hollyhock’ in English,” said the younger, looking over his shoulder.
The girl suddenly turned to the strangers.
“Excellencies, I also understand liddle bit Engleesh,” she said.
“You do?”
“Yes. And I also listen to that conversation.”
“Which was a very wrong thing to do.”
She seemed serious and regarded them with an appealing expression in her eyes.
“Is there really liddle Engleesh girl at Sendai?”