The Forgotten Fleet Quotes

“The Prime Minister’s meaning was clear enough: the Fleet Train was the horse, and the fighting Fleet the cart. They must be kept in their proper order. As the size of the horse was fixed, it was pointless to plan an ambitious cart.”
― John Winton, The Forgotten Fleet

“Perhaps the final proof that the war was really over came at six o’clock on the first evening, with the pipe - ‘children to supper’.”
― John Winton, The Forgotten Fleet