I put it down a moment in the yard of the Hofbraeuhaus, and when I came back the basket was gone." "And what do you know about it ?" The question was addressed to the Count.
"Seeing that the porter is evidently right," said the Count, covering with his hat the point from which the button had been torn, and holding the other hand rather nervously to his throat, as though trying to keep himself from falling to pieces, "I have nothing more to say.

I will not be accused of inculpating any one in this disastrous affair.

I will only say that the doll has stood since early in the year in the show window of Christian Fischelowitz, the tobacconist, who certainly had no knowledge of the way in which it was obtained by the person who brought it to him." "He is an extremely respectable person," observed the officer.

"If you can prove what you say, I will not detain you further.

Have you any witness here ?" "There is Herr Dumnoff," said the Count.