39/41 'There is work for you in Germany--oh yes, much work; but if you delay the chance may pass. It is my business to help the allies of my fatherland.' He wrote down our names and an epitome of our doings contributed by Peter, who required two mugs of beer to help him through. He was a Bavarian, it seemed, and we drank to the health of Prince Rupprecht, the same blighter I was trying to do in at Loos. That was an irony which Peter unfortunately could not appreciate. |