The officer paused, glaring at Roscoe, and Tom could not help envying his friend's easy and self-possessed air.
"You know the Texas Pioneer?" the officer shot out in that short, imperious tone of demand which is the only way in which a German knows how to ask a question.
"Never met him," said Roscoe.
"A ship!" thundered the officer.
"Oh, a ship. No, I've never been introduced."
"She come to Havre—vat?"
"That'll be nice," said Roscoe.
"You never hear of dis ship, huh?"
"No, there are so many, you know."