“Perfectly,” said Brand.
“As a German officer,” said Franz von Kreuzenach, “I took great risk.”
He emphasised his words.
“As a German officer I took liberties with my duty—because of a higher law.”
“A higher law than discipline,” said Brand. “Perhaps a nobler duty than the code of a German officer.”
He spoke with a touch of irony, but Franz von Kreuzenach was unconscious of that.
“Our duty to God,” he said gravely. “Human pity. Love.”
An expression of immense sentiment filled his eyes. An Englishman would have masked it more guardedly.
“Good night,” said Brand, “and thanks again.”