Hildebrand

One would be hard-pressed to find an earlier opponent of the Nazis than Dietrich von Hildebrand.

The stranger was Reinald, who had come forth on the same errand as Hildebrand.

“She can appeal to the ordeal of battle,” Hildebrand said, calmly.

The hangings parted and Hildebrand entered, exquisite, debonair, radiant.

“Now you are doomed indeed,” Hildebrand commented, ironically.

Hildebrand had raised his head, and mockery had given ground to surprise.