I am
a patriot, I have served his august majesty; if his majesty--"
"That will do," the lieutenant broke in, ruthlessly interrupting the
retired non-commissioned officer's flow of language, which he
accompanied with a dramatic waving of the right arm. "Can you repeat
the 'unbecoming terms' of which, according to your account, this
gentleman made use?"
"I cannot remember the exact words. I was too excited. So much,
however, I remember distinctly--he declared the attempt upon his
majesty's life to be an occurrence of no importance."
Wilhelm now broke in.
"Not a word of that is true," he said quietly. "Neither of us said
one word which could justify this inconceivable charge."
"The remark which this informer seems to have taken hold of,"
Schrotter observed, "was not made by my friend, Dr. Eynhardt, but by
me. I did not say either that the occurrence was unimportant, but
that it had no general significance--that it was not a proof of the
prevailing feeling at large."
"It comes to the same thing whether you say it has no importance or
no significance," interrupted the informer. "That gentleman may have
made the remark, but I certainly heard it, and as a loyal servant of
his majesty--"
"That is quite enough," said the lieutenant of police
authoritatively.
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