Then the little man began again.
"He says that your train passed here at midnight, and that you did not arrive until past six." "Quite right!" Guy admitted.

"I went to sleep.

I didn't know how far it was to the station, and I was dead tired." "The officer wishes to know whether many trains passed you in the night ?" "Can't say," Guy answered.

"I sleep very soundly, and I never opened my eyes after the first few minutes." "The officer wishes to know whether you saw anything unusual upon the line ?" the little man asked.
"Nothing at all," Guy answered coolly.

"Bit inquisitive, isn't he ?" The little man came closer to the table.
"He wishes to see your passport, sir," he announced.
Guy handed it to him, also a letter of credit and several other documents.
"He wants to know why you were going to the frontier, sir!" "Sort of fancy to say that I'd been in Russia, that's all!" Guy answered.