All this time I thought I felt his eyes on me like coals that burned; yet when I dared look up he was not regarding me at all, but scanning the two lines of faces, perhaps to see if any other had anything to say.
"If I told you my plan," said he presently, when he had cleared his throat, "you would tear it in little pieces.

The Germans have another plan, and they will tell you as much of it as they think it good for you to know.

Mark what my orders are! Listen to this plan of theirs.

Pretend to agree.

Then you shall be given weapons.