Thank you a thousand times, and if you should ever
stand in need of faithful and determined men, then think of us."
A week later, to the very day, early in the morning a police officer
brought Wilhelm an official document summoning him to appear that
afternoon before the head police authorities in the Stadtvogtei. He
presented himself at the appointed hour in the office, and handed
the document to an official, who, after glancing at it, asked:
"You are Dr. Wilhelm Eynhardt?
"Yes."
He took up a paper lying ready at hand, and said dryly: "I have to
inform you that, in accordance with the Socialist Act, you are
ordered out of Berlin and its purlieus, and must be out of the city
by to-morrow at midnight at the latest."
"Ordered out of Berlin!" cried Wilhelm, utterly taken, aback. "And
may I ask what I have done?"
"You must know that better than I," answered the official sternly.
"However, I have no further information to give you, and can only
advise you to address yourself to the Committee of Police, in case
you require a day or two more to regulate your affairs."
At the same time he handed him the paper, which proved to be the
written order of banishment, and dismissed him with a slight bend of
the head.
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