Nor the boots." "Thank you, sir." "And, by the way, Percival, as soon as you are slightly refurbished I want you to stroll through the second cabin and if possible identify the two stewards who came to No.22.Let me see, was it during the day or at night ?" "Some time during the night, sir.

Eleven or half-past, I should say." "Very well." An hour later he reported to Captain Trigger.

"I have seen all of the stewards, sir, according to Mr.Codge, and I do not recognize any of them as the men who came to No.22.I had a fairly good view of them, too, from beneath the lower berth.

They spoke in a language I did not understand--" "Do you understand German ?" "No, sir.

I know it when I hear it, however.