detestez

Updated: May 5, 2025

I asked sarcastically, when the testimony was complete. Monsieur le Ministre was evidently rather uncomfortable. He writhed a little in his chair, and tweaked his chin three or four times. The rosette and the moustache were exchanging animated phrases. At last Noyon, motioning for silence and speaking in an almost desperate tone, demanded: "Est-ce-que vous detestez les boches?"

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room