He could write it, but he was not sure that he could write it so well that it would seem like the work of a German.

However, he took the chance.
"My name is Gebhardt," he wrote.

"I come from Munich, and I am visiting my uncle and aunt here at Gumbinnen.

My uncle sent me to Insterberg and then I found I could not go back by train.

Soldiers have made me turn around so many times that it has taken me all this time to get here.