Indeed, she was herself surprised and the boy's answers were already clearing away some of the mists.

She stared at him thoughtfully as she considered her next question, and Jones seemed to grow thoughtful, too.
"I have no desire to worry my friends over my peculiar difficulties," he presently said.

"Frankly, I am not in the least worried myself.

The charge against me is so preposterous that I am sure to be released after the judge has examined me; and, even at the worst--if I were sent to Vienna for trial--the Austrians would know very well that I am not the man they seek." "That trip would cause you great inconvenience, however," suggested Mr.Merrick.
"I am told a prisoner is treated very well, if he is willing to pay for such consideration," said Jones.
"And your good name ?" asked Maud, with a touch of impatience.
"My good name is precious only to me, and I know it is still untarnished.
For your sake, my newly found friends, I would like the world to believe in me, but there is none save you to suffer through my disgrace, and you may easily ignore my acquaintance." "What nonsense!" cried Patsy, scornfully.

"Tell me, sir, what's to become of our grand motion picture enterprise, if you allow yourself to be shipped to Vienna as a captured thief ?" He winced a trifle at the blunt epithet but quickly recovered and smiled at her.
"I'm sorry, Miss Patsy," said he.