"Herr Ludwig Wiederschall," answered a voice.
"Where is he billeted?"
"Here in the square," answered the same voice.
"Tell him he is to go on an expedition to Aschaffenburg to-night, by order of the staff officer."
A soldier got up, went across the square and knocked at the door; a moment after he came back with the surgeon-major.
Benedict thanked the captain. He answered that he was very happy to do anything for the Baron von Bülow.
The surgeon was in a bad temper, because he had been roused out of his first sleep. But when he found himself face to face with a young lady, beautiful and in tears, he made his excuses for having kept her waiting, and was the first to hasten the departure.
The carriage reached the bank of the river by a gentle slope. Several boats were anchored there. Benedict called in a loud voice:
"Fritz!"
At the second call a man stood up in a boat and said: