It would be a formal examination, of course, and brief.

But busy spies had even assumed the insignia of the Red Cross to mask their nefarious work and an examination was therefore necessary as a protective measure.

So they ascended a broad staircase and proceeded along a corridor to the colonel's office.
Grau was at the head of the detective service at Ostend and invested with the task of ferreting out the numerous spies in the service of the Allies and dealing with them in a summary manner.

He was a very stout man, and not very tall.

His eyes were light blue and his grizzled mustache was a poor imitation of that affected by the Kaiser.