[He picks up the paper off the floor.
Give me your seat at the desk. On the back of this ignoble parley, my resignation goes to him.
minister of war
You are the support of the army. We go to the dogs, if you leave us.
prime minister
[Sitting at the desk.
So? "The King suggests to the Foreign Office that these facts be put before our Ambassadors abroad and, to pacify the public mind, be given at once to the newspapers." He suggests. So do I suggest—something different.
chief of staff
[In front of the map again.
Three hundred thousand men here, turning the flank of a possible army marching north with that ridge of mountains as a cover—If we can only have the chance!