The very NEXT DAY the Germans started a troop train, and I took it.

The reason I could not come by automobile was because I had a falling out with the "mad dogs" and they would not give me a pass.
So Evans, with whom I was to motor to Holland, got through Friday afternoon and sent the cable.

As soon as I reached Holland, I cabled I was coming and kept on telegraphing every step of the journey, which lasted three days.
I telegraphed last from Folkestone; even telling you what to have for my supper.

As you directed, Ashford opened the cables, and when I drove up, he was at the door in tears.

He had made a light in your rooms and, of course, as I looked up I thought you still were in them.
When they told me I was a day late, I cried, too.