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"Then this despatch came direct from Berlin, and has been forwarded from Cologne?" "Yes, Excellency." "How did it come from Berlin? By mail, or by special messenger?" "By special messenger, Excellency." Now General Berndorf was the officer in command of the garrison at Cologne, and the Baron von Bulow, as I well knew, was His Majesty's Minister of War at Berlin.
As he read, a dark cloud seemed to settle on his brow. Then he looked up frowning seemed about to speak checked himself and read the despatch over again. "From whose hands did you receive this?" he said abruptly. "From General Berndorf, Excellency," stammered the orderly, carrying his hand to his cap. "Is his Excellency the Baron von Bulow at Cologne?" "I have not heard so, Excellency."
This done, he enclosed it under cover to "General Berndorf, Cologne"; and had just sealed the outer cover when the orderly came back. My father gave it to him with scarcely a word, and two minutes after, we heard him clattering out of the courtyard at a hand-gallop. Then my father came back to his chair by the fireside, lit his pipe, and sat thinking silently.
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