Is that explicit ?" "It is." The colonel got into his compartment and slammed the door viciously.
In the next compartment sat Grumbach.

He was smoking his faithful pipe.
He was, withal, content.

This was far more satisfactory than standing up before the firing-line.

And, besides, he had made history in Ehrenstein that night; they would not forget the name of Breunner right away.

To America, with a clean slate and a reposeful conscience; it was more than he had any reasonable right to expect.