Captain Vandervelde was in and made me wait only half an heure, the while I thought more than once of yon taxi. Finally I was summoned to the inner office.
“What can je faire pour vous?” he inquired.
I told him I wanted an order on the —— branch factory for some tools and four new tires.
“Rien fairing on the tires,” he said.
“Pourquoi?” I asked him.
“Orders pour tires must come from the Maison de la Guerre.”
“Can you fix me for the tools?”
“Ah, oui. What tools voulez-vous?”
“Une roue-tirer et un offset clef à vis.”
“Votre papers, s’il vous plaît.”