gravity, shaking his head: "I fought that war to preserve justice in this world.

As far as I understood, I wasn't taking part in a vendetta against the German

race."

 

And when today one hears talk about his lordship, when one hears the sort of

foolish speculations concerning his motives as one does all too frequently these

days, I am pleased to recall the memory of that moment as he spoke those

heartfelt words in the near-empty banqueting hall. Whatever complications arose

in his lordship's course over subsequent years, I for one will never doubt that

a desire to see 'justice in this world' lay at the heart of all his actions.

 

It was not long after that evening there came the sad news that Herr Bremann had

shot himself in a train between Hamburg and Berlin. Naturally, his lordship was

greatly distressed and immediately made plans to dispatch funds and

commiserations to Frau Bremann. However, after several days of endeavour, in

which I myself did my best to assist, his lordship was not able to discover the

whereabouts of any of Herr Bremann's family. He had, it seemed, been homeless

for some time and his family dispersed.

 

It is my belief that even without this tragic news, Lord Darlington would have

set upon the course he took; his desire to see an end to injustice and suffering

was too deeply ingrained in his nature for him to have done otherwise. As it

was, in the weeks that followed Herr Bremann's death, his lordship began to

devote more and more hours to the matter of the crisis in Germany. Powerful and

famous gentlemen became regular visitors to the house - including, I remember,