There is something beyond this in your visit to this country.

You may be a Swede, but is it not true that at the present moment you are in the service of an enemy ?" Lessingham bowed acquiescence.
"You are entirely right," he murmured.
"Am I also right in concluding that you have some service to ask of us ?" "Your directness, dear lady, moves me to admiration," Lessingham assured her.

"I am here to ask a trifling favour in return for those which I have rendered and those which I may yet render to your brother." "And that favour ?" Their visitor looked down at his torn attire.
"A suit of your brother's clothes," he replied, "and a room in which to change.

The disposal of these rags I may leave, I presume, to your ingenuity." "Anything else ?" "It is my wish," he continued, "to remain in this neighbourhood for a short time--perhaps a fortnight and perhaps a month.

I should value your introduction to the hotel here, and the extension of such hospitality as may seem fitting to you, under the circumstances." "As Mr.Hamar Lessingham ?" "Beyond a doubt." There was a moment's silence.