"One likes to have one's little ingenuities appreciated." "I--I am ill--and the room is stifling." "If I do not mind it," said Carl in aggrieved surprise, "why should you ?" "You are a thing of steel and infernal fire.

I am but human." "There is a way to stop it all," reminded Carl, lazily relighting his cigar.

"Why not give me a logical reason for your presence in America ?" "I have done so.

Have I not said again and again that I am Sigimund Jokai, of Vienna, touring in America ?" "You have said so," agreed Carl imperturbably, "but you lie.

There was an empty chamber in your revolver, you were perilously close to my cousin's camp.