“Then what authority is it that is so highly situated that it can override a decision taken by the Government?”
“It is the military authority!”
“Well,” I said, rather dryly, “when shall we start for Holland?”
“As soon as you are ready.”
“Then, we will leave this evening or to-morrow. The sooner the better, now,” I told him.
Our departure was accordingly arranged to take place on Friday night, May 9.
CHAPTER XXVII
TOWARDS LIBERTY
One cannot but look forward with feelings of deep emotion to the moment when he will leave a prison where he has been detained for three years and where he has made sincere and devoted friends. A large number of those who had been my companions in captivity had already left the jail, but there remained some ten prisoners of British nationality–particularly three or four–who were very dear to me.