Tietjens said:
"Good God!" And then: "He can't have told the general anything against me. . . . Then it must be against . . ."
Levin said:
"Do you want the general always to be told things against you in contradistinction to things about . . . another person."
Tietjens said:
"We shall be keeping the fellows in my cook-house a confoundedly long time waiting for inspections. . . . I'm in your hands as regards the general. . . ."
Levin said:
"The general's in your hut: thankful to goodness to be alone. He never is. He said he was going to write a private memorandum for the Secretary of State, and I could keep you any time I liked as long as I got everything out of you. . . ."
Tietjens said:
"Did what Major Thurston allege take place . . . Thurston has lived most of his life in France. . . . But you had better not tell me. . . ."