little tiny cog in the machine which Germany began
fashioning after the Agadir crisis. It was that very
autumn that Anna Bauer went to visit her nephew
and niece in Berlin, and it was soon after she came
back that, according to her story, a stranger, with
some kind of introduction from her nephew, who is,
I believe, connected with the German police----"

"Is he indeed?" exclaimed Mr. Reynolds. "You
never told me that!" he looked at Mrs. Guthrie.

"Didn't I?" she said. "Yes, it's quite true, Wilhelm
Warshauer is a sub-inspector of police in Berlin. But
I feel sure he is a perfectly respectable man."

She fortunately did not see the expression which
flashed across her questioner's face. Not so the Dean.
Mr. Reynolds' look stirred Dr. Haworth to a certain
indignation. He had known Anna Bauer as long as
her mistress had, and he had become quite fond of the
poor old woman with whom he had so often exchanged
pleasant greetings in German.

"Look here!" he began, in a pleasant, persuasive
voice. "I have a suggestion to make, Mr. Reynolds.
We have here in Witanbury a most excellent fellow,
one of our city councillors. He is of German birth,
but was naturalised long ago. As I expect you know,
there was a little riot here last week, and this man --
Alfred Head is his name -- had all his windows broken.
He refused to prosecute, and behaved with the greatest
sense and dignity. Now I suggest that we set Alfred
Head on to old Anna Bauer! I believe she would tell
him things that she would not even tell her very kind
and considerate mistress. I feel sure that he would
find out the real truth. As a matter of fact I met him
just now when I was coming down here. He was full

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