Boris was speaking.
"I'm so sorry, Herr Hauptmann," Boris was saying, in faultless German.
"I did see some of the peasants chivying a fellow down below.

And I did go out, of course, in my car, to see if I could help him.

I got him away from them.

But he didn't come all the way back.

He wanted to go on, and it's not just the time I should choose for entertaining guests.