Still, remember this, that the day is not far off when the sentence of exile against you will be annulled.

You will have expiated that crime which, believe me, although I do not venture to claim a place amongst them, none of your friends and equals have ever regarded in the same light as His Imperial Majesty." A smiling steward, in black livery with white facings, made his appearance and served them with beer in tall glasses.

The senior officer there, who had now seated himself opposite to Dominey, raised his glass and bowed.
"To the Baron Von Ragastein," he said, "whose acquaintance I regret not having made before to-day.

May we soon welcome him back, a brother in arms, a companion in great deeds! Hoch!".