Le Queux William. At the Sign of the Sword: A Story of Love and War in Belgium
Chapter One. The Waters of the Meuse
Chapter Two. The Rising Cloud
Chapter Three. The Heart’s Desire
Chapter Four. The Man from Cologne
Chapter Five. Bursting of the Storm
Chapter Six. In the Trenches before Liège
Chapter Seven. In the Eagle’s Claws
Chapter Eight. The Double Face
Chapter Nine. The Kaiser’s Secret Agent
Chapter Ten. The Hôtel de L’Épée
Chapter Eleven. This Word of the Uhlan
Chapter Twelve. The Fugitives
Chapter Thirteen. Before the Storm
Chapter Fourteen. Held by the Enemy
Chapter Fifteen. Betrays the Traitor
Chapter Sixteen. The Fire of Fate
Chapter Seventeen. In Deadly Peril
Chapter Eighteen. The Gulf of Shadows
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A fortnight later – the second day of August, to be exact.
The Taverne Joseph, that popular restaurant in the Boulevard d’Anspach, in Brussels, where, beneath the shadow of the Bourse, the business-man gets such delicious plâts du jour, was crowded, as it always is each day at noon. The many little tables set out upon the pavement, along which the life of the bright little Belgian capital ebbed and flowed, were filled by men who daily, year in and year out, ate their midday meal, gossiped, and drank long glasses of iced bock.
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Afterwards, just before five, Edmond emerged again, crossed into the wide, leafy Avenue Louise, and boarding a tram, rode straight up that splendid boulevard of fine private residences, to the gates of the pretty natural park of which Bruxellois are so proud, the Bois de la Cambre. Upon a seat in one of the secluded paths, not far from the entrance, he found Aimée, dressed in white embroidered muslin, awaiting him.
“Ah, Edmond!” she cried, springing up. “Terrible, is it not? There will be war! You were right – quite right – dearest. Germany intends to encroach upon our land?”
