Satisfied at last that there was no chance of being overheard, he continued: "The first idea you have to get out of your head, my dear friend, if it is there, is that you are a spy.

You are nothing of the sort.

You are not connected with our remarkably perfect system of espionage in the slightest degree.

You are a free agent in all that you may choose to say or do.

You can believe in Germany or fear her--whichever you like.