So many things were happening because of the war....
"She is a _boche_, a spy, sentenced to death....

It appears that she did a great deal of work here and in other ports, sending word to the German submarines about the departure of our transports....

They arrested her in Paris two months ago when she was returning from Brest." His friend said this with a certain indifference.

These spies were so numerous!...

The newspapers were constantly publishing notices of their shooting:--two lines, no more, as though treating of an ordinary casualty.
"This Freya Talberg," he continued, "has had enough said about her personality.