I thought he was going to hit me.

However, I made him understand in the end that I really was speaking the truth and in no way wanted to be cheeky.
I had lunch at Advanced G.H.Q.the next day.

The C.-in-C.

was very kind, and brought me into his room afterwards, and asked me if everything was going all right with me.

I told him I had a few troubles and was not very popular with certain people.