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Rh  [Grasping the old man's hand.] Forgive me! If I had known that your son—your only son—had died to win this—victory——  [Bracing himself up.] Why shouldn't he—since he was an Englishman?  Ah!  There is one thing I regret, though—he fell through treachery.  Treachery?  His next-in-command was of enemy origin.

 Enemy origin?  Born in London, educated in England, son of a naturalized father. My son and he had been friends from boyhood. Harry used to say, " Lindner would lay down his life for me."

 [Who has been listening intently.] Ah!  Yet he led him into the enemy's ambush. [A faint cry of pain from