Then suddenly he burst into tears.

"I give you my word, Mr.Stirling," he said, "that I didn't know it was so.

I haven't had a happy moment since you spoke that day in court." He had heretofore spoken in English with a slight German accent.
But this he said in German.

He sat down at the table and buried his face in his arms.

His wife, who was also weeping, crossed to him, and tried to comfort him by patting him on the back.
"I think," said Peter, "we had best drop the suits." Mr.Bohlmann looked up.