“Well, I certainly am glad to see you!” Dulcie exclaimed, dragging him toward two big chairs in a corner. “Such a time!” and she told him about Wally and the Prince. “Honestly, Miss Hammond, that lad makes me just sick with disgust, but what can be done? There’s no chance to lock him up, and there’s no use warnin’ him to keep a civil tongue in his head, because he just don’t know when he’s insultin’. Gosh, what do you suppose he said and did at Friedrichshafen, when no one was with him? I dunno, but I bet it was awful. And he speaks good German, so he could make all his friendly comments as clear as sea-water, and as bitter.” “Well, I’m too ashamed for words,” said Dulcie. “Last night in the car I know that chauffeur understood what he said. These people are so perfectly and beautifully polite; so gentle, and self-effacing, and yet so efficient. You must meet Prince Hata, Red. He simply oozes aristocracy, yet Doctor Trigg hugged him and called him his dear boy, and now he’s taken them off to find old jade and tombstones. And that man last night who put us in the car. He never smiled when dear Doctor Trigg spouted his Japanese at him. He was so proud of his Japanese and, Red, he had looked at the wrong line in the book! He thought he said ‘Good-night, and thank you’, but he had said, ‘You have stolen the rice of my father’!” “God love him!” cried Red, after a shout of laughter. “He said that, did he?” “Yes, and the man just smiled politely and bowed.” “Well, Wally is just the cross we’ll have to bear, Miss Hammond.” “We won’t worry over him, at any rate,” Dulcie replied. “I’ve a grand morning ahead of me. I’m going to take Kamani, my little maid, and an interpreter, and lots of money, and we are going shopping. Imagine it! Shopping in Tokio!” “It looks just like New York to me,” said Red, “except for the people.” “Not where we are going. We are going to explore. Here they come now. Good-bye!” “Good luck!” said Red. He went off to find David, and met him coming down the grand staircase. “How about a drive, Red?” he called as soon as he caught sight of him. “I’m free for the rest of the morning, and we might see something of the city.” “Fine!” agreed Red. “I believe that the car that brought Miss Hammond and the professors in last night is assigned to us.” “Good!” cried David. They located the car, and found the same young driver at the wheel. “You speak English, of course?” David said, his candid eyes smiling. “Yess, sir.” “I thought so,” David said. “Well, how about a drive this morning? We are crazy to see the city, and I bet you can tell us all about it.” “It will be to me a great happiness,” the young Japanese answered. “Come on then, Red; we’re off!” They hopped in and the car started smoothly away.