"And you believe that these can stand against the Army through which you passed?"
"I don't believe—I am sure, sir."
"And that is the feeling of your nation?"
"That is the conviction of our nation, sir."
"But do you realise that Germany has millions of trained soldiers?"
"Yes, sir; but every German is forced to be a soldier. We have in England to-day hundreds upon hundreds of thousands who are soldiers because they long to be at the front. If a man doesn't pass the doctor's examination, he is disappointed beyond measure, because he is longing to fight. Ours is not a conscript army, sir, but an army which pleads to be at the front."
"You are sure of this?"
"I'm absolutely certain, sir."
Again the lonely man turned to some papers before him and read eagerly.
"And when your first million is killed, what then?" He again spoke suddenly.