Chapter 6 Summary

Flash discovers that he has been taken to Otto's family home, Schonhausen. Flash is shocked to see Otto, who looks horrible from too much food and drink. Otto tells Flash that there is still a score to settle since he is still missing a tooth from the bout with Gully. Otto tells Flash that it is not the reason he was brought from London. Otto needs Flash for a mission. Flash says Otto could have asked but Otto replies that Flash never would have come. Otto goes on to say that the mission is top secret and should never be revealed to anyone.

Flash is impatient while Otto tells of the German and Danish conflict over the states of Schleswig and Holstein. Flash keeps wondering aloud why this pertains to him at all. Otto finally gets to the point by saying that Prince...