The Englishman's face had resumed its expression of mild curiosity.
"Ah; a compatriot of mine," he said.

Inwardly he mused: "This guide is watching me; let him catch me if he can.

His duchess?
I know far too much of her!" "He was a millionaire, too," went on Johann.
"Well, we can't all be rich.

Come." They crossed the Strasse and traversed the walk at the side of the palace enclosures.

The Englishman aimlessly trailed his cane along the green pickets of the fence till they ended in a stone arch which rose high over the driveway.