15/16 It was fortunate for us that we 'ad got to know an important person in the police; but for that we might 'ave 'ad much worry"-- she shook her head. But, as I said to them--for Fritz quite lost 'is 'ead, and could say nothing--not 'alf, no, not a quarter of the strangers in Aix 'as passports, though, of course, it is a good and useful thing to 'ave one. I suppose, Madame, that _you_ 'ave a passport ?" She stopped short, and looked at Sylvia with that eager, inquiring look which demands an answer even to the most unimportant question. "No, indeed! I've never even seen one. Why should I have a passport ?" "When you are abroad it is always a good thing to 'ave a passport," said Madame Wachner quickly. |