"I ask because my brother is in it."
The long column still filed by. At last, several minutes later, the brother arrived.
"Hi! Tuvache!"
One of the men turned round:
"Hallo! It's you!"
The two brothers simply shook hands, but their joy at meeting again could be read in their eyes.
"So you're all right?"
"Yes, and you?"
"As you see ... quite all right."
"I'm glad...."