“Reported him to the first policeman she met, but by that time he had vanished, of course.”
“What did Chief Fleck think about it?”
“He didn’t seem to take the story seriously.”
“Do you suppose it could have been Mr. Hoff?”
“It must have been he, or one of his gang, at any rate. I don’t see why the Chief does not order his arrest at once. He is far too dangerous to be at large.”
“There’s no real evidence against him yet,” protested Jane, “not against the young man, at least.”
“Didn’t we both see him in British uniform?”
“Yes,” admitted the girl.
“Well, that’s proof, isn’t it? A man with a German name in British uniform in wartime can’t be up to any good.”
“Still we have no actual evidence against him. We don’t know what he was doing.”