"Where did you get hold of that idea?"
"In the papers."
"Are they to be had?"
"If you look for them."
I shook them.
"You're not curious! You know nothing, then? Not even you, Fortin? Really? Nothing of our Allies' successes?"
He raised himself.
"But look here, are these tales serious?"
"What d'you mean? Their advance exceeds all expectations."