The Generals have gone to bed. I said it loud, I said it plain, ‘Then you must wake them up again.’ And I was very firm with them, I kept them up till 2 a.m. (‘Wasn’t that rather unkind?’ said Jacqueline. ‘Not at all,’ said Anthony firmly. ‘We want Generals, not dormice. But don’t keep interrupting).
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