"And you had no more proof than this?" asked Dangloss, weakly.
"That's all," laughed the delighted strategist.
Dangloss stared at him for a moment, then threw up his hands and walked away, shaking his head, whether in stupefied admiration or utter disbelief, no one knew. The others covered Anguish with compliments, and he was more than ever the hero of the day. Such confidence paralyzed the people. The only one who was not overcome with astonishment was his countryman.
"You did it well," he said in an undertone to Anguish; "devilish well."
"You might at least say I did it to the queen's taste," growled Anguish, meaningly.
"Well, then, you did," laughed Lorry.