CHAPTER THIRTY-NINEIt seemed the Assembly agreed that Buda-Pest at least was lost, because the next day, after reputedly stormy sessions and fierce, raging arguments, it was decided, despite all past talk of defending the capital to the last man, to evacuate the entire government to Debrecen in the east.
For us, this certainly solved one problem — István would come with us. We would take the train as far as Szolnok, which was the end of Hungary’s one railway line, and find some other, slower form of transport from there.
In a mad flurry of activity, we packed only what could be carried by ourselves and the few servants who would accompany us. Then we said good-bye to the Mirányis, who were to stay behind. Mirányi was not compromised in Austrian eyes to the same extent as István, and I be
