“I know you do not wish to discuss it,” I began. “Then why are you introducing the subject?” he countered through a mouthful of crumbs. “Because we must develop a strategy. No good general goes into battle without a plan,” I said stoutly. “Caesar wouldn’t have done so.” “Caesar was murdered by his friends,” he reminded me. “Because he didn’t listen to the woman in his life,” I countered. “Touché.”
