But there was not one word he said that did not ring true.
"I have been made a certain offer in Berlin," said he, after another long pause.

"First it was made to me alone, and I would not accept it.

I and my regiment, said I, are one.

So the offer was repeated to me as the leader of this regiment.

Thus they admitted I am the rightful leader of it, and the outcome of that shall be on their heads.