"Oh! Then of course you have never been a soldier."
Guild was silent.
"Have you ever served in the army?"
"Yes."
"Really! In what American regiment have you served?"
"In a militia regiment of cavalry—the 1st New York."
"How interesting. And—you have never served in the regular army?"
"N—" but Guild hesitated.
General von Reiter watched him intently.
"Did you reply in the negative, Mr. Guild?"