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.