"Did you come over with the men ?" "Yes", I said.

"Capital", he replied, "Won't you come and have lunch with me tomorrow ?" "Where do you live ?" I said.
The other officer came up to my rescue at this moment and said, "The General's Headquarters are in such and such a place in Armentieres," "Good Heavens", I whispered in a low tone to the officer, "Is he a general ?" "Yes" he said.

"I hope my deportment was all that it ought to have been in the presence of a general," I replied.

"It was excellent, Padre," he said, with a laugh.

So I arranged to go and have luncheon with him two days afterwards, for I was to spend forty-eight hours in the trenches.