"Captain, you are quite blind?"
"Yes, quite."
"I am sorry; I did not know you were blind."
He seemed quite sympathetic. Not that I wanted it from him, yet so relieved was I to escape cross-examination that I felt quite bucked.
He continued: "The hospital people say you are ready to be sent away. When you leave here you come under my charge. They did not tell me you were blind. I have no proper place to put you; I do not know where to send you."
"If you will allow me, I can suggest a place."
"Ah, yes, I know, England. Of course you will be sent there in time, but in the meantime I must take charge of you. I will send you wherever you like. You can choose your own camp. What camp would you like to go to?"
"What camps have you got?"
"I have Gottisleau, Osnabruck, Blenhorst."
"Well, it's very good of you to give me the choice; but they all sound alike to me. How can I choose?"