Air raids--British airmen brought down--Dust to dust--An inimitable imitator--Songs from Coimbra--A German bombardment--March, 1918--The bath attendant--Our orderlies--Gustav--Imprisonment “for revolt” 96 VII Carlsruhe at its kindliest--The chestnut trees--Aspen and poplar--The new hut--“Torrents of Spring!”--Linguistic efforts--A surprise to Mother--A dinner with the Italians--The last day in Carlsruhe 113 PART II BEESKOW--BERLIN VIII The journey--“A Roman holiday”--Our new quarters--The old tower--The _Kantine_ and the catering--“Much reading----”--“East Lynne,” by Carlyle!--Our walks abroad--The stork tower--Birds of a feather 131 IX Escapes and escapades--“_Achtung!_”--The flight that failed--Confinement in the “Tower”--Massacre of the innocents--“Patience” and impatience--Ragging the Commandant--“His Excellency wishes” 153 X The _Marienkirche_--Organ pipes for munitions--Madame Reinl--For the dead--A Polish baptism--Adventures afoot--“_Kuchen!_”--The ancient road-mender--“In since Mons!” 170 XI The Revolution--“_Bientôt la paix!_”--A smuggled copy of The Times--Abdication of the Kaiser--The passing of the Commandant--The Red Flag is flown--Latitudes and liberties--Sketching in the streets--“_Nach der Heimat!_”--A soldiers’ ball--“_Warum ist der Krieg?_”--Murillo’s “Immaculate Conception” 185 XII In Berlin during the Revolution--“Thank God, Britain has won!”--The _Dom_ and the Galleries--The Palace--“_Für Ebert und Hasse!_”--The Hindenburg statue--Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg--The machine-gun waggons come up--Caricatures of the Kaiser--Captivity de luxe!--“Are you English officers?”--Freedom--“_Es ist vollbracht!_” 203 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE A Corner of Carlsruhe Camp _Frontispiece_ Fellows in Misfortune 15 A Reading of the Pickwickians 21 A Sculptor 23 The Unter-Offizier 25 Christmas Day at Carlsruhe 28 Arrival of the Parcel Cart 29 The Chapel at Carlsruhe 31 Col. Albert Turano 33 The Camp Commandant at Carlsruhe 38 A Game of Cards 41 Funeral of a British Prisoner of War 44 A Serbian Colonel 45 The Catholic Priest 51 The Rev. Mr. Flad 52 An Italian Major of Mountain Artillery 56 Playbill, “The Rising of the Moon” 58 Our Orchestra 59 A Carlsruhe Concert Programme 62 “A Chelsea Christmas Eve” 64 “A Venetian Vignette” 70 “How He Lied to Her Husband.” Playbill 72