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"Such lies!" he cried. "It is not possible that they should be
believed."
The sinking of the Lusitania, however, left him thoughtful and
depressed. In vain Rudolph argued with him.
"They were warned," he said. "If they chose to take the chance, is
it Germany's fault? If you tell me not to put my hand on a certain
piece in a machine and I do it anyhow, is it your fault if I lose a
hand?"
Old Herman eyed him shrewdly.
"And if Anna had been on the ship, you think the same, eh?"
Rudolph had colored.
For some time now Rudolph had been in love with Anna. He had not
had much encouragement. She went out with him, since he was her
only means of escape, but she treated him rather cavalierly,
criticized his clothes and speech, laughed openly at his occasional
lapses into sentiment, and was, once in a long time, so kind that
she set his heart leaping.
Until the return of Graham Spencer, all had gone fairly well. But
with his installment in the mill, Rudolph's relations with Anna had
changed.


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