“The police would surely not make anything public about spies.”
“How long have you been at this work, Kurt?”
“Only since the armistice. I got into it because of you.”
“Of me?”
“My father has a friend in Switzerland — the man who used to forward my letters to you. After the armistice he asked me to come and see him. He told me he had been doing government work, and offered me an important duty to help the Fatherland. I accepted.”
“How many others of your people know about you?”
“I don't know for certain. The other side may have had a spy among us. It's the attempt on Clemenceau that has stirred them up, of course.”
“You must tell me the truth about that, Kurt. It's been worrying me a lot.”
“What do you mean?”
“Whether you had anything to do with that attack.”