Note 14 — Chapter IX

The Senior Officer of the camp met me after I had regained my liberty. “Why on earth did you keep us in the dark, Jones?” he asked; “if you had only told us what you were up to we would have helped you.” “Would you, sir?” I replied. “I put it to you frankly: had we gone to you in February and said we were planning to do the things which we actually did, you would undoubtedly have regarded it as impossible, and used your authority to stop us.” “Yes,” he admitted, after a moment’s thought, “you’re right. I would.”