"It's almost beyond belief."
"It was best," continued my companion, "that they fetched him away at
once and took him to Loeben. He couldn't have lived after knowing the
worst of all."
"What the woodman said--was it not true, then?" I asked it with my
breath stopping.
"Yes, the lightning had certainly struck the hill-hut and it was burnt
down, but nothing had happened to Oswald's family."
* * * * *
It's awful to think of the fate of some men!
We went on together for a while; neither said a word.