And what can you do about it?
Can we kick him out of the army without a scandal?
Don't you suppose he could go to Budapest tomorrow and make things interesting for us if he pleased?
He's as full of treason as he can stick, I tell you." Armitage nodded and smiled.
"I dare say," he said in English; and when the old statesman glared at him he said in German: "No doubt you are speaking the truth." "Of course I speak the truth; but this is a matter for action, and not for discussion.

That packet was stolen by intention, and not by chance, John Armitage!" There was a slight immaterial sound in the hall, and the old prime minister slipped from German to French without changing countenance as he continued: "We have enough troubles in Austria without encouraging treason.

If Rambaud and his chief, Winkelried, could make a king of Francis, the brokerage--the commission--would be something handsome; and Winkelried and Rambaud are clever men." "I know of Winkelried.

The continental press has given much space to him of late; but Rambaud is a new name." "He is a skilled hand.

He is the most daring scoundrel in Europe." Count von Stroebel poured a glass of brandy from a silver flask and sipped it slowly.
"I will show you the gentleman's pleasant countenance," said the minister, and he threw open a leather portfolio and drew from it a small photograph which he extended to Armitage, who glanced at it carelessly and then with sudden interest.
"Rambaud!" he exclaimed.
"That's his name in Vienna.