CONTENTS
| PART I CAUDRY—LE CATEAU—CARLSRUHE | |
| I | |
| PAGE | |
| The first day—The search—Letters of divorcement—A readingof the Pickwickians—Fellows in misfortune—A sculptor—ASappho—The bell for the dead—Sedan—The vulture | [15] |
| II | |
| Carlsruhe camp—Crumbs from the rich man’s table—Teawith Colonel Turano—Shamrock for dinner!—First lettersand parcels—A Nazarite—Christmas at Carlsruhe—Sketchingthe Commandant | [29] |
| III | |
| Funeral of a prisoner of war at Carlsruhe—First freedom fora year—In the streets—A wreath from the Grand Duchessof Baden—The Rev. Mr. Flad—A lecture on Abyssinia—Ablack mood | [45] |
| IV | |
| Entertainment in exile—The camp theatre—“Asile deNuit”—Scene-painter, scene-shifter, poster-artist, actor,prompter, “noises-off,” and playwright—“A ChelseaChristmas Eve”—“A Venetian Vignette”—A nightingale“off”—“How he Lied to her Husband”—“TheRising of the Moon”—“The Homeland” | [59] |
| V | |
| Victims of the cruiser Wolf—Suicide of a Japanese captain—“Inthe dark and among the ice”—A bottle message—Clingingto office—The Debating Society—The vines andvineyards of France—“Happy in all things—savingthese bonds!”—A straining of the Entente—A “stirringtime”—A voluntary fast! | [80] |
| VI | |
| Air raids—British airmen brought down—Dust to dust—Aninimitable imitator—Songs from Coimbra—A Germanbombardment—March, 1918—The bath attendant—Ourorderlies—Gustav—Imprisonment “for revolt” | [96] |
| VII | |
| Carlsruhe at its kindliest—The chestnut trees—Aspen andpoplar—The new hut—“Torrents of Spring!”—Linguisticefforts—A surprise to Mother—A dinner with the Italians—Thelast day in Carlsruhe | [113] |
| PART II BEESKOW—BERLIN | |
| VIII | |
| The journey—“A Roman holiday”—Our new quarters—Theold tower—The Kantine and the catering—“Much reading——”—“EastLynne,” by Carlyle!—Our walksabroad—The stork tower—Birds of a feather | [131] |
| IX | |
| Escapes and escapades—“Achtung!”—The flight that failed—Confinementin the “Tower”—Massacre of the innocents—“Patience”and impatience—Ragging the Commandant—“HisExcellency wishes” | [153] |
| X | |
| The Marienkirche—Organ pipes for munitions—MadameReinl—For the dead—A Polish baptism—Adventures afoot—“Kuchen!”—Theancient road-mender—“In sinceMons!” | [170] |
| XI | |
| The Revolution—“Bientôt la paix!”—A smuggled copy ofThe Times—Abdication of the Kaiser—The passing of theCommandant—The Red Flag is flown—Latitudes andliberties—Sketching in the streets—“Nach der Heimat!”—Asoldiers’ ball—“Warum ist der Krieg?”—Murillo’s“Immaculate Conception” | [185] |
| XII | |
| In Berlin during the Revolution—“Thank God, Britain haswon!”—The Dom and the Galleries—The Palace—“FürEbert und Hasse!”—The Hindenburg statue—Liebknechtand Rosa Luxemburg—The machine-gun waggons comeup—Caricatures of the Kaiser—Captivity de luxe!—“Areyou English officers?”—Freedom—“Es ist vollbracht!” | [203] |