He is a German, and has been called out.

It is fortunate that my father had gone, because the Germans would have held him, of course, if he had been here.

They have come here three or four times to look for him, but now I think they have decided that we have told the truth, and that he is not here." "How did you happen to come to my aid in such a fashion?
I was beginning to think that I was in serious danger down there." "You were, Fred! They thought you were an English spy.

And they hate the English worse than they do us, I think.

They have thought that the English should be on their side.