The others have come." King was pushed out into the larger room, where he was confronted by a crowd of bewhiskered men and snaky-eyed women with most intellectual nose-glasses.

It required but a glance to convince him that the whiskers were false.
For nearly an hour he was probed with questions concerning his business in Edelweiss.

Threats followed close upon his unsatisfactory answers, though they were absolutely truthful.

There was no attempt made to disguise the fact that they were conspiring against the government; in fact, they were rather more open than secretive.

When he thought of it afterward, a chill crept over him.