Ellis also said
that he would come and would bring his car, which would help us at least
some of the way. Sir Ralph asked Jan to take charge of the party of the
English Red Cross, and we went back to our rooms to repack, for Jo had
already arranged things for internment, Mr. Blease decided to come with
us. Nobody knew what the dangers would be, or where the Austrians and
Germans were, and many doubted if it were possible to get through. The
season was getting late, and snow was daily to be expected. Some
imaginative people enlarged on "the brigands" and "wolves," but we did
not think that they counted for much. The chief problems were, if we
could get shelter each night, and could we carry enough food to support
us in case we could get none, which seemed very possible.
We got an order from Gaschitch for bread from the Serbian authorities.
We were going off into country, the real conditions of which nobody
knew, and our friends took leave of us, many expecting to see us back in
a few days.
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