He was a thin, foxy-faced fellow, cleverish but monstrously vain, and he was not very popular either with the Germans or the Turks.

He was polite to both of us, but I am bound to say that I got a bad fright when I entered the room, for the first man I saw was Gaudian.

I doubt if he would have recognized me even in the clothes I had worn in Stumm's company, for his eyesight was wretched.

As it was, I ran no risk in dress-clothes, with my hair brushed back and a fine American accent.

I paid him high compliments as a fellow engineer, and translated part of a very technical conversation between him and Blenkiron.