Of course, I don't mean it literally." The Baroness stood looking at him.

"How do you mean it ?" she asked.
This question was difficult to answer, and Acton, feeling the least bit foolish, walked to the open window and looked out.

He stood there, thinking a moment, and then he turned back.

"You know that document that you were to send to Germany," he said.

"You called it your 'renunciation.' Did you ever send it ?" Madame Munster's eyes expanded; she looked very grave.