I wish these pleasant Austrians had more sense." Kratzek opened his eyes and looked blankly at the two young men.

He strove to rise, but fell back with a low sigh of pain.

Then he closed his eyes, but John saw the muscles of his face working.
"He's trying to remember," whispered Carstairs.
Memory came back to Kratzek in a few moments, and he opened his eyes again.
"I was saved by somebody last night and I think it was you," he said, looking at John.

"I want to say to you that I am very grateful.

I do not wish to appear boastful, but I have relatives in both the Austrian and German armies who are very powerful--ours is both a North German and South German house, and East German, too." "That is, it's _wohlgeboren_ and _hochwohlgeboren_," said Wharton, who appeared at that moment.
"Yes," said the Austrian boy, smiling faintly.