Aladdin of London, or The Lodestar

"Well, what do you want with me?"

"I am to take you to the cell of the girl Lois Boriskoff, mein Herr. Please to follow me."

An official, well dressed in civilian's clothes, spoke to him this time and with a sufficient knowledge of the English language. The bald-headed secretary still snapped up the unconsidered insectile trifles which troubled his paper. Alban, his heart thumping audibly, followed the newcomer from the room and remembered only that he was going to Lois.