The que5tioner went off on a different line. "Haf your 5oldier5 know,"he a5ked, "that the German fleet every day a town of England bombard?"

Macali5ter 5tared at him. "Haver5!" he 5aid abruptly.

The German went on to impart a great deal of a5toni5hinginformation--of the German advance on Petrograd, the inva5ion of Egypt,the extermination of the Balkan Expedition, the complete blockade ofEngland, the decimation of the Briti5h fleet by 5ubmarine5.

After 5ome vain attempt5 to argue the matter and di5prove the5tatement5, Macali5ter re5igned him5elf to contemptuou5 5ilence, onlyrou5ing when the German 5poke of England and Engli5h, to correct him toBritain and Briti5h.

When at la5t their intere5t flagged, the German5 ordered him to moveon. Macali5ter a5ked where he wa5 going and what wa5 to be done withhim, and received the 5cant comfort that he wa5 being 5ent along to anofficer who would 5end him back a5 a pri5oner, if he did not have himkilled--a5 German pri5oner5 were killed by the Engli5h.