ng himself
alongside different types of men. He is such a hard-shell being that
he cannot put out feelers to his kind. He may have plenty of brains, as
Stumm had, but he has the poorest notion of psychology of any of God's
creatures. In Germany only the Jew can get outside himself, and that
is why, if you look into the matter, you will find that the Jew is at
the back of most German enterprises.

After midday we stopped at a station for luncheon. We had a very good
meal in the restaurant, and when we were finishing two officers
entered. Stumm got up and saluted and went aside to talk to them.
Then he came back and made me follow him to a waiting-room, where he
told me to stay till he fetched me. I noticed that he called a porter
and had the door locked when he went out.

It was a chilly place with no fire, and I kicked my heels there for
twenty minutes. I was living by the hour now, and did not trouble to
worry about this strange behaviour. There was a volume of time-tables
on a shelf, and I turned the pages idly till I struck a big railway
map. Then it occurred to me to find out where we were going. I had
heard Stumm take my ticket for a place called Schwandorf, and after a
lot of searching I found it. It was away south in Bavaria, and so far
as I could make out less than fifty miles from the Danube. That
cheered me enormously. If Stumm lived there he would most likely start
me off on my travels by the railway which I saw running to Vienna and
then on to the East. It looked as if I might get to Constantinople
after all. But I feared it would be a useless achievement, for what
could I do when I got there? I was being hustled out of Germany
without picking up the slenderest clue.

The door opened and Stumm entered. He seemed to have got bigger in the
interval and to carry his head higher. There was a proud light, too,
in his eye.

'Brandt,' he said, 'you are about to receive the greatest privilege
that ever fell to one of your race. His Imperial Majesty is passing
through here, and has halted for a few minutes. He has done me the
honour to receive me, and when he heard my story he expressed a wish to
see you. You will follow me to his presence. Do not be afraid. The
All-Highest is merciful and gracious. Answer his questions like a man.'

I followed him with a quickened pulse. Here was a bit of luck I had
never dreamed of. At the far side of the station a train had drawn up,
a train consisti