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For Lanstron's hand was quivering in Partow's grasp, while his face was that of a man stunned. "But Goerwitz what will he say?" he gasped. "Goerwitz goes to a division in reserve." "And the army! The government! What will they say at such such a jump for a colonel?" "The government leaves all to me from the day war begins.
Yet I have felt that my body would go on feeding my brain and that to the last moment of consciousness, when suddenly the body collapses, I should have self-possession and energy of mind. Under the coming strain the shock may come, as a cord snaps. At that instant my successor will take up my work where I leave it off." "Goerwitz, you mean."
Lanstron referred in unmistakable apprehension to the vice-chief of staff, whom all the army knew had no real ability or decision underneath his pleasing, confident exterior. "No, not Goerwitz," said Partow, with a shrug. "Some one who will go on with the weaving, not by knotting threads but with the same threads in a smooth fabric."
I shall transfer others than Goerwitz others who have had influence with the premier which it was not wise to deny in time of peace." "Very well, sir," answered Lanstron, with a subordinate's automatic consent to a superior's orders. His words sounded ridiculous in view of his feelings, yet they were more expressive than any florid speech.
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