His teeth were more prominent than usual.
"You should have dragged it from his throat," he insisted.

"It is not your duty to nurse fine personal feelings.

Heart and soul you stand pledged to great things.

I cannot at this moment give you any idea what you may not mean to us after the trouble has come, if you are able to play your part still in this country as Everard Dominey of Dominey Hall.

I know well enough that the sense of personal honour amongst the Prussian aristocracy is the finest in the world, and yet there is not a single man of your order who should not be prepared to lie or cheat for his country's sake.