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The landlord with a couple of servants stepped back as Wogan showed

hian heard their exclah he did not clearly understand them, for his ears still buzzed He

saw their startled faces, but only diht He ca to his assailant,--a

sturdy, broadhis eyes in a

dazed way,--"Who is that?" he asked, gasping rather than speaking the

words

"Who is that?" repeated the landlord, staring at Wogan

"Who is that?" said Wogan, leaning against the bed-post

"Why, sir, your servant Who should he be?"

Wogan was silent for a little, considering as well as his raan, "he came here with me?" "Yes, since he is your

servant"

The landlord was evidently

with sincerity Wogan reflected that to proffer a charge against the

assailant would involve his own detention in Ulm

"To be sure," said he, "I know This is my servant That is precisely

what I mean" His ere at work to find a way out of his difficulty