Now that I have been through the mill I can look back at that parting scene, and as the car whirls away and my brother officers walk back into the mess, I fancy I can hear the comment of those who had not yet been out and those who had:
"Lucky brute."
"Poor devil!"
CHAPTER II[ToC]
THE SILENT HEROES
THE WOMAN WHO WAITS—AND SUFFERS IN SILENCE
I was soon comfortably settled in a first-class compartment and whirling towards Waterloo, with the worst ordeal of all still before me: the breaking of the news at home and the parting while the shock is still fresh.