“Nobody can think that this is a lasting peace,” I say quietly. “Nobody can think that the differences are resolved. It is the start of bloodshed, not the end of it.” “They had better think it, for it is going to be treason even to talk about the battle,” he says grimly. “They say we must forget about it. As I came away, they passed a law that we were all to say nothing. It is to be as if it never was. What d’you think of that, eh? They passed a law to say we must be silent.”
