“Tarrant,” Lieut., his endurance under control, 38; his asceticism, 38; his critical sallies, 40; his self-imposed fast, 40; providential arrival of, at Mainz, 48; his invaluable library, 49; his breakfast hour, 179; his morning apparel, 180; his literary exercises, 181; his accuracy, 182; his frank opinion of the author’s fiction, 235 Tartarin re-embodied in Col. “Westcott,” 73 _Tatler_, the, its coy picture-gallery, 5 Tchecov, his short stories, 187 Theatre, the, at Mainz, closed as a punishment for attempted escapes, 165; its peaceful penetration, 172; its excellent shows, 197 Thurloe Place, the Good Samaritan of the P.O.W., 107, 109 Torquennes, 24 Treacle, its value in chocolate _soufflé_, 134 Treatment of prisoners, 116 _et seq._ _Troubadour, Der_, at Mainz, 254 Verlaine, Paul, 188 Vis-en-Artois, 24 Vitry, prisoners’ reception at, 26 War-poetry, good and bad, 94 War and the politicians, 226 _et seq._ Watts-Dunton, Mr. Theodore, compared with Lieut. Stone, 185 Waugh, 2nd Lieut. Alec R., his dogmatic statements on men and matters, 1-267; his abnormal correspondence, 14; his dogged somnolence, 15; his first meeting with Milton Hayes, 41; his ambitions for a future career, and their reception by Authority, 64; his apocalyptic vision of a new language, 83; his imaginary acquisition of a Priority Pass, 86; his chastened disillusionment, 90; his recognition of his own good fortune, 92; his selection as cook to the mess, 130; his culinary prowess, 132-6; his experiment on the school organ, 157; his contented hours in the Alcove, 186; his love of the years before he was born, 189; his castigation by a body of bureaucrats, 209; an unwarrantable compliment to, 223; his apostacy as a rebel, 234; German adjutant’s literary judgment of, 235; his return home, 265 Waugh, Mr. Arthur, his paternal benevolence, 266 Waugh, Mrs. Arthur, her Scottish descent, 261 Weather, the, effect upon a prisoner’s spirits, 50 Webster, John, the favourite quotation of prisoners of war, 142 Wells, Mr. H. G., Lieut. Stone discusses, 184 “Westcott,” Col., his Dickensian qualities, 69; his relation to the music-hall stage, 69; his soldierly grip, 70; his hatred of individualism, 70; his bravery, 71; his foundation of the Pitt League, 71; his opening speech, 71; his sense of humour, 72; his likeness to Tartarin, 73; his indomitable energy, 75; his affection for his own scheme, 75; as Prime Minister, 76; his encouragement of honest ambition, 84; his “dream within a dream,” 89; the popularity of his speeches, 130; his interest in attempted escapes, 155; the Gallio of frivolous amusement, 193 _Whitest Man I know, The_, eminent monologue by Lieut. T. Milton Hayes, M.C., 41 “Wilkins,” Lieut., his ingenious conception of the Priority Pass, 79 Woman, her ruling passion for self-advertisement, 170 Wood-carving as a resource in captivity, 145