Then he would return to the western front, where he was one of the great generals around the Kaiser.
He had brought with him two Frenchwomen, spies, who would be imprisoned in the dungeons of Zillenstein until the war was over, if, indeed, they were not shot before.

One, it was said, was very young, and beautiful, but she was the more dangerous of the two.
Poor Julie! there was a conspiracy of fate against her, but John shook himself and felt his courage rising anew, powerful, indomitable, invincible.

He had come so far alone, and he would rescue her with his single hand! He went back to the inn and sat for a while among peasants and listened to their talk.

They knew little of what was passing beyond the Teutonic empires.

As usual in Germany and Austria, they accepted what the men higher up told them.