And we knew it, and he knew it.

And the Germans recognized the facts.
He acted like a crowned king when he reached the trench.

A German officer spoke with him earnestly, but he shook his head and then they led him away.

When he was gone the same officer came and spoke to us in English, and I understanding him at once, he bade me tell the others that the British must have witnessed our surrender.
"See," said he, "what a bombardment they have begun again.

That is in the hope of slaying you.