"My mother was a German, and when she died she bequeathed to me large estates in Bavaria, and a very considerable fortune.

These I could never have inherited unless I had chosen to do my military service in Germany.

My family is an impoverished one, and I have brothers and sisters dependent upon me.
Under the circumstances, hesitation on my part was impossible." "But when the war came ?" she queried.
He looked at her in surprise.
"What was there left for me then ?" he demanded.

"Naturally I heard nothing but the voice of those whom I had sworn to obey.

I was in that mad rush through Belgium.