CHAPTER   II

Held up at Seidler—Refugees—An indiscreet photo¬
grapher — Mutinous soldiery — " Kirk-kilisse has
fallen ! "—Back to Chorlu—English forbidden—
Stolen baggage—Developing under difficulties—
*'I cannot permit"—A word with the Censor
—Prisoners of war.

The rain beat depressingly against the
carriage windows as we crawled through
the darkness into the unknown. Never,
assuredly, did the speed of that train
exceed five kilometres an hour, and there
were many tedious halts at wayside
stations. At one of these the guard told
us that our destination was Kirk-kilisse,
so we turned in and had a broken
night's sleep, only to find ourselves,
when   we  awoke   in   the   morning,   held

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