I trust that in the near future I may bring you good news." "He will become nothing or the most desperate man in Europe." "Admitted." "He is a scholar, too." "All the more interesting." "As a student in Munich he has fought his three duels.

He has been a war correspondent under fire.

He is a great fencer, a fine shot, a daring rider." "And penniless.

What a country they have over there beyond the Rhine! He would never have troubled his head about it, had they not harried him.

To stir up France, to wound her if possible! He will be a man of great courage and resource," said the secret agent, drawing the palms of his hands together.
"In the end, then, Germany will offer him money ?" "That is the possible outlook." "But, suppose he went to work on his own responsibility ?" "In that case one would be justified in locking him up as a madman.