Thus coerced he had given him his eldest son's Sunday clothes left behind when the said son went off to join the Belgian army.

The lieutenant, grateful for the assistance, had given him as a present his watch and chain.
On the other hand the German non-commissioned officers insisted their lieutenant had been made away with in the night.

The farmer's allegation that he had deserted (as in fact he had) only enhanced his crime.

The finding of the court after a very summary trial was "guilty," and despite the frantic appeals of the wife, reinforced later on by Mrs.Warren, the farmer had been taken out and shot.
The evening meal consequently was one of strained relations.

Colonel von Giesselin came to supper punctually and was very spruce in appearance.