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Show How They Conversed. An American liaison ollicer who knew little French and a French artillery artil-lery ollicer who knew little English had important business together during dur-ing the height of the recent fighting. "Henri," said the commandant to a young sergeant, "I have seen you talking talk-ing to Americans several times. Can you speak English?" "Xo, mon commandant," answered Henri simply. For all that, Henry and the American Ameri-can ollicer were soon engaged in vivacious viva-cious conversation. xt its conclusion the commandant turned to Henri. "But you speak English very well," he said. "No, mon commandant," Henri still insisted. "Ve were talking in German." |
