I dare say you two still have some business to talk about, especially if Mr.Meyer is leaving us shortly." Norgate made his way back to his compartment, undressed leisurely and climbed into the upper bunk.

For an hour or two he indulged in the fitful slumber usually engendered by night travelling.

At the frontier he sat up and answered the stereotyped questions.

Herr Selingman, in sky-blue pyjamas, and with face looking more beaming and florid than ever, poked his head cheerfully out of the lower bunk.
"Awake ?" he enquired.
"Very much so," Norgate yawned.
"I have a surprise," Herr Selingman announced.

"Wait." Almost as he spoke, an attendant arrived from the buffet car with some soda-water.