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 He was near weeping, and Brand apologised for being the cause of so much trouble.

In the hall Elsa came to Brand, as the orderly carried out his bags.

"To-morrow," she said, "we will meet at Elizabeth von Detmold's—my true friend."

Her eyes were wet with tears, but she was smiling, and there was, said Brand, a fine courage shining in her face.

She put her hands on Brand's shoulders, and kissed him, to the deep astonishment and embarrassment of the orderly, who stood by. It was from this man, Brock, that the news of Brand's "entanglement" spread, through other orderlies, to officers of his mess, as he knew by the cold shoulder that some of them turned to him.