Early in November, 1915, I sailed from New York to Rotterdam.
But at any rate I was going to try..
I had left Germany six months before with a feeling that to enter it again and get safely out was hopeless, foolish, dangerous, impossible.
I spent nearly a month in HolLand completing my preparations, and at length one grey winter morning I took the step that I dreaded.
Early in November, 1915, I sailed from New York to Rotterdam