The first day—The search—Letters of divorcement—A reading of the Pickwickians—Fellows in misfortune—A sculptor—A Sappho—The bell for the dead—Sedan—The vulture
Carlsruhe camp—Crumbs from the rich man’s table—Tea with Colonel Turano—Shamrock for dinner!—First letters and parcels—A Nazarite—Christmas at Carlsruhe—Sketching the Commandant
Funeral of a prisoner of war at Carlsruhe—First freedom for a year—In the streets—A wreath from the Grand Duchess of Baden—The Rev. Mr. Flad—A lecture on Abyssinia—A black mood
Entertainment in exile—The camp theatre—“Asile de Nuit”—Scene-painter, scene-shifter, poster-artist, actor, prompter, “noises-off,” and playwright—“A Chelsea Christmas Eve”—“A Venetian Vignette”—A nightingale “off”—“How he Lied to her Husband”—“The Rising of the Moon”—“The Homeland”
Victims of the cruiser Wolf—Suicide of a Japanese captain—“In the dark and among the ice”—A bottle message—Clinging to office—The Debating Society—The vines and vineyards of France—“Happy in all things—saving these bonds!”—A straining of the Entente—A “stirring time”—A voluntary fast!
Air raids—British airmen brought down—Dust to dust—An inimitable imitator—Songs from Coimbra—A German bombardment—March, 1918—The bath attendant—Our orderlies—Gustav—Imprisonment “for revolt”
Carlsruhe at its kindliest—The chestnut trees—Aspen and poplar—The new hut—“Torrents of Spring!”—Linguistic efforts—A surprise to Mother—A dinner with the Italians—The last day in Carlsruhe
The journey—“A Roman holiday”—Our new quarters—The old tower—The Kantine and the catering—“Much reading——”—“East Lynne,” by Carlyle!—Our walks abroad—The stork tower—Birds of a feather
Escapes and escapades—“Achtung!”—The flight that failed—Confinement in the “Tower”—Massacre of the innocents—“Patience” and impatience—Ragging the Commandant—“His Excellency wishes”
The Marienkirche—Organ pipes for munitions—Madame Reinl—For the dead—A Polish baptism—Adventures afoot—“Kuchen!”—The ancient road-mender—“In since Mons!”
The Revolution—“BientÔt la paix!”—A smuggled copy of The Times—Abdication of the Kaiser—The passing of the Commandant—The Red Flag is flown—Latitudes and liberties—Sketching in the streets—“Nach der Heimat!”—A soldiers’ ball—“Warum ist der Krieg?”—Murillo’s “Immaculate Conception”
In Berlin during the Revolution—“Thank God, Britain has won!”—The Dom and the Galleries—The Palace—“FÜr Ebert und Hasse!”—The Hindenburg statue—Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg—The machine-gun waggons come up—Caricatures of the Kaiser—Captivity de luxe!—“Are you English officers?”—Freedom—“Es ist vollbracht!”
