"The other half's Austrian all right, though.

I can't tell you anything more about her, my dear fellow.
All I can say is that she is in my book, and so long as she is there, you know it's better for you youngsters to keep away.

Be off now.

I am decoding a dispatch." Norgate retraced his steps to his own room.

Ansell glanced up from a mass of passports as he entered.
"How's the Secret Service Department this morning ?" he enquired.
"Old Gray seems much as usual," Norgate grumbled.