'Don't you realize the explosive stuff that is lying about?
Ivery knows enough to make the next German peace offensive really deadly--not the blundering thing which it has been up to now, but something which gets our weak spots on the raw.

He knows enough to wreck our campaign in the field.

And the awful thing is that we don't know just what he knows or what he is aiming for.

This war's a packet of surprises.

Both sides are struggling for the margin, the little fraction of advantage, and between evenly matched enemies it's just the extra atom of foreknowledge that tells.' 'Then we've got to push off and get after him,' I said cheerfully.
'But what are you going to do ?' asked Macgillivray.