Chapter II: Preface: v

I. BY COMMAND OF THE EMPEROR 9

II. INTRODUCED TO THE REGIMENT 28

III. AMONG THE ARISTOCRACY 47

IV. A GAME OF CARDS 71

V. HILDEGARDE AND GEORGE 95

VI. MILITARY MORALS 128

VII. AN ARISTOCRATIC HOUSEHOLD 166

VIII. THE WAGES OF SIN 221

IX. THE HUMILIATION OF THE "GOLDEN
BUTTERFLIES" 241

X. AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE 278

XI. FAREWELL TO THE ARMY! 311

LIFE IN A GERMAN CRACK REGIMENT