Her husband was killed in a duel some six or seven years ago." Dominey ordered the luncheon with care, slipping into a word or two of German once to assist the waiter, who spoke English with difficulty.

His companion smiled.
"I see that you have not forgotten your languages out there in the wilds." "I had no chance to," Dominey answered.

"I spent five years on the borders of German East Africa, and I traded with some of the fellows there regularly." "By the by," Mr.Mangan enquired, "what sort of terms are we on with the Germans out there ?" "Excellent, I should think," was the careless reply.

"I never had any trouble." "Of course," the lawyer continued, "this will all be new to you, but during the last few years Englishmen have become divided into two classes--the people who believe that the Germans wish to go to war and crush us, and those who don't." "Then since my return the number of the 'don'ts' has been increased by one." "I am amongst the doubtfuls myself," Mr.Mangan remarked.

"All the same, I can't quite see what Germany wants with such an immense army, and why she is continually adding to her fleet." Dominey paused for a moment to discuss the matter of a sauce with the head waiter.