He took a long pull at the straw, watching the other's face as he did so.

The Baron smiled.
"You have found the young lady to be very attractive," observed the Baron.

"Where have you known her before ?" "I beg pardon ?" "It is not unusual for a young man in search of adventure to follow the lady of his choice from place to place.

She came but recently, I recall." "You think I knew her before and followed her to Edelweiss ?" "I am not quite sure whether you have been in Warsaw lately.

There is a gap in your movements that I can't account for." King became serious at once.