After a silence, Admiral Benton said mildly, folding his hands over his stomach, “Well, Pug, I’ve told these gentlemen that I know you, and that any dope you put out is reliable. We’ve got a big responsibility. We’ve been handed one hell of a hot potato. So get down to the short hairs. What makes you think the British will keep fighting, after the way the French folded? No horseshit now.” “All right, Admiral.” To begin with, Victor Henry said, the British had made better use than the French of the time between the wars. He described their scientific advances, the strength and disposition of
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