Sub-Lieutenant Capart left the Flanders' sector for good. He arrived at Verdun during the first days of October.
CHAPTER FOUR
THE FANCIFUL IDEA OF MAJOR PETIT, VERDUN.
October, 1915.
In the middle of the month of October, 1915, I was invited to dinner by General Coutanceau, Governor of Verdun.
Verdun, at this particular time, still retained its aspect of a little garrison city in times of peace, and, when I entered Bevaux Barrack, I felt far away from the war——
I found Colonel Masselin who awaited me in his office, busy as was his habit and who rose precipitately on seeing me enter the room.
"There you are—it is fine! The general is home and it is the hour to sit at table—he does not like to be late."
Some moments after, I was in the presence of the Governor of Verdun, a man very big, very cold, with a severe and glacial face.