Did not your friend
tell you it made talk?"
"Yes," said Sylvia.
"'E 'ad not much money on 'is person," repeated Madame Wachner, "but
still there was a good deal more than was found in 'is bed-room. That, of
course, was 'anded over to the authorities. They insisted on keeping it."
"But I suppose his family got it in the end?" said Sylvia.
"No. 'E 'ad no family. You see, our friend was a Russian nobleman, but
he had also been a Nihilist, so 'e 'ad concealed 'is identity. It was
fortunate for us that we 'ad got to know an important person in the
police; but for that we might 'ave 'ad much worry"--she shook her head.
"They were so much annoyed that poor Sasha 'ad no passport. But, as I
said to them--for Fritz quite lost 'is 'ead, and could say nothing--not
'alf, no, not a quarter of the strangers in Aix 'as passports, though, of
course, it is a good and useful thing to 'ave one. I suppose, Madame,
that _you_ 'ave a passport?"
She stopped short, and looked at Sylvia with that eager, inquiring look
which demands an answer even to the most unimportant question.
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