"That depends!"
"Well then, do you think our retreat is nearly over?"
"Ask Joffre!"
I sounded him:
"Some people consider that we ought to go and wait for the enemy on the Loire."
That was too much for him. He cried:
"Oh, no, no. That would be absolutely idiotic. I know there was some talk of it!"
"How far, then?"
He hesitated: