The Good Shepherd

by C.S. Forester

begun, one turn of a series planned days before. It was easy enough to make a wrong turn; it was easier still to feel a slight doubt about which turn was due to be made; it was just as easy to doubt the competence of one’s neighbors. A cautious man might linger awhile before giving the order, waiting to see what the others were doing, and those moments

Let thy words be few, said Ecclesiastes; the officer drafting an order had to bear that recommendation