"I wonder what all this fuss is about," he exclaimed.
Before Rollo could furnish any remark a little Belgian officer accosted them.
"You gentlemen are English, without doubt?"
"We are."
"It then is well," continued the officer, speaking in English with considerable fluency. "You have not heard, eh? The news—the grave news?"
"No, monsieur."
"Germany has declared war upon the Russians."