Achmed Abdullah

“ Supper was over but for an immense buffet running the length of one wall, where liveried servants ladled out the famous moselle and brandy punch of the Uhlans. The guests had split into numerous little groups, and Tom, with a smile and a nod here and there to friends and acquaintances, joined a knot of officers that had gathered around Colonel Heinrich Wedekind. ”

“ They refuse to give clearance papers. And—bei Gott!—it's the work of your English friend, Lord Vyvyan, and your own work, you damned Yankee traitor!"
There was another silence. The little Ensign clutched Tom's arm convulsively, but the latter shook him off. He stepped straight up to the Baron.
"Herr Hauptmann!" he drawled, icily, "I don't know what the devil you're talking about. I have nothing to do with your subsidized steamships nor with the harbor authorities of Hongkong. Also I don't give a damn about your calling me a Yankee. But I object to being called a traitor, see?" ”

“ CHAPTER XXXI THE INSULT In the morning the new battle standard of the Uhlans had been solemnly presented by the Emperor, accepted in the name of the regiment by the assembled officers in parade uniforms, after which special service, Doctor Emanuel Dryander in the pulpit, had been held at the Cathedral, across from the Schloss. ”