That was not an intelligent answer.
The last time I was arrested was at Romigny, by General Asebert.

I had on me a three-thousand-word story, written that morning in Rheims, telling of the wanton destruction of the cathedral.

I asked the General Staff, for their own good, to let the story go through.

It stated only facts which I believed were they known to civilized people would cause them to protest against a repetition of such outrages.

To get the story on the wire I made to Lieutenant Lucien Frechet and Major Klotz, of the General Staff, a sporting offer.