Freeman's Journal.
But why suddenly break into Flemish?
Routine order issued by the Q.M.G.'s department:—
"Fuel for general and other headquarter offices and signalling offices with the troops, is authorised at the scale of sixteen kilometres of coal per fireplace per day.
Dec. 20th.
B. E. F."
Theirs not to reason why. If the order is "Ten miles of coal per fireplace" then ten miles it is.
"Oh, mummy, what a lot of pennies it will take to fill that dog!"