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The revolution hurled itself with a long cry upon the barricades of thundering lead. In the single lighted window of the government buildings a face still spoke ... "Ich bin Egelhofer, ihr Krieg's minister ... Ich komm...." Waving a rifle over his head, the war minister rushed from the building. A marine from Kiel. A new pack loosened itself from the shadows. A war minister was leading.

They have more funds than we. Oh, we need more." "Who will buy them back?" "The bourgeoise. They have more money than we. And without the garrisons we are lost." She wrung her hands. Dorn struggled to become properly serious. "There, it may come out very fine," he murmured. "Anyway, von Stinnes is making a speech. It should help." "Stinnes...." "Yes, trying to bring Egelhofer in as war minister.

I will tell them to make Egelhofer minister. I will make a speech. We must have the Egelhofer." He vanished again. Dorn, standing against a window, watched frantic men scurry down the corridor bellowing commands at one another.... "Yesterday they were garrulous little fools buzzing around café tables," he thought. "To-night they boom. Rodinesque. And yet comic. Yes, comedians.

Old knives at their belts.... Darkness and rifle-spattered silences. Where was the revolution? The shadows whispered, "Gruss Gott...." The shadows began to stir. A voice was talking in the night. High up from a window. Egelhofer, the communist. No, Levine. Who? A light in the window.... Egelhofer, thin-faced, tall, black-haired. Egelhofer, the new war minister.

Food will vanish. Aha! wait a minute...." He darted after a swaggering figure. Dorn watched. The baron appeared to be commanding and entreating. The figure finally, with a surly shake of his head, hurried off. The Baron returned. "That was Levine," he said. "He won't come in unless Egelhofer is ratified as war minister. Egelhofer is a communist. Wait a minute.