"I've got to beat it. You see, Romsteck, I'm not what you suppose."
"No, sir. I never supposed you were."
"You're charming at dialogue, but there isn't much time. Remember I've got to go all the way round through the subway."
"Through the passage?" said Romsteck, startled. "You know about that? But you can't go that way, that's where we've got the M.P. locked up."
"Sure," said the imperturbable Colonel. "He's going with me. You don't think I'm going to leave him behind to poison my memory with the Fräulein, do you?"
"Don't go!" appealed the major domo. "I don't mind, sir, if you are a bit mad. It doesn't matter. It'll do us good. Please, sir, for the good of the country, don't leave us to the mercy of all these perfectly sane officials. The League of Nations will put it all over us without you to take care of things."
"Damn it, man," cried the Colonel in vexation, "you're as mad as I am. Do you suppose
