16/40 But I told them it was only that the Prussians were advancing. They are anxious--very anxious--but they are quite unprepared for this." "Break it gradually, Louise. Tell them first that there are rumours that the prisons have been attacked. Come down again presently as if to get more news, and then tell them that there are reports that the prisoners have been massacred, and then at last tell them all the truth." "But will you not come up, Monsieur Sandwith--they trust you so much? |