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But he was no spy, for there were tears in his eyes; and Prussians I think have no tears for what we saw across the village of Croisilles. BUT HE WAS NO SPY FOR THERE WERE TEARS IN HIS EYES IMPRESSIONS I THINK HAVE NO TEARS FOR WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THE VILLAGE OF QUASIA
"Yes;" I said, "the Kaiser." But I pronounced the word Kaiser differently from him, and he repeated again "Le Kaiser," and watched me closely to be sure that I understood. And then he said "Pendu," and made the stick quiver a little as it dangled from its string. "Oui," I said, "Pendu." Did I understand? He was not yet quite sure. It was important that this thing should be quite decided between us as we stood on this road through what had been Croisilles, where he had lived through many sunny years and I had dwelt for a season amongst rats. "Pendu" he said. Yes, I agreed. It was all right. The old man almost smiled. I offered him a cigarette and we lit two from an apparatus of flint and steel and petrol that the old man had in his pocket. He showed me a photograph of himself and a passport to prove, I suppose, that he was not a spy. One could not recognize the likeness, for it must have been taken on some happier day, before he had seen his house of two storeys lying there by the road. Y FOR ALL MEN TO LEARN THE KAISER HE SAID YES I SAID THE KAISER BUT I PRONOUNCED THE WORD KAISER DIFFERENTLY FROM HIM AND HE REPEATED AGAIN LACKAISER AND WATCHED ME CLOSELY TO BE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD AND THEN HE SAID PON DIEU AND MADE THE STICK QUIVER A LITTLE AS IT DANGLED FROM ITS STRING WE I SAID PON DIEU DID I UNDERSTAND HE WAS NOT QUITE SURE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS THING SHOULD BE QUITE DECIDED BETWEEN US AS WE STOOD ON THIS ROAD THROUGH WHAT HAD BEEN QUASIA WHERE HE HAD LIVED THROUGH MANY SUNNY YEARS AND I HAD DWELT FOR A SEASON AMONGST RATS PON DIEU HE SAID YES I AGREED IT WAS ALL RIGHT THE OLD MAN ALMOST SMILED I OFFERED HIM A CIGARETTE AND WE LIT TO FROM AN APPARATUS OF FLINT AND STEEL AND PETREL THAT THE OLD MAN HAD IN HIS POCKET HE SHOWED ME A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIMSELF AND A PASSPORT TO PROVE I SUPPOSE THAT HE WAS NOT A SPY ONE COULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE LIKENESS FOR IT MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON SOME HAPPIER DAY BEFORE HE HAD SEEN HIS HOUSE OF TWO STORIES LYING THERE BY THE ROAD
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