10. How does he spend his time at home?
11. Has he a wife, or children? If the latter, how many?
12. Is he paying attention to any woman? If so, who is she and where does she live? Where do they meet?
13. Who has visited him in the course of the week? At what times? a.m. or p.m.?
14. Has any one (male or female) spent the night in his rooms? If so, what person or persons? Their residence?
15. Has he ever been in a state of intoxication?
16. Does he receive letters or papers from Russia?
17. What hour is best for his arrest?
All these questions were answered with a minuteness of detail that was astounding, the document being signed by the officer of surveillance, and countersigned by General Martianoff. Absorbed in the perusal of the report, I did not notice the presence of the servant, who had entered stealthily, and suddenly stood before me, causing me to start and replace the paper hurriedly.
“Anton Prèhznev,” he said, “you had better leave before the General returns.”