‘An excellent piece of work,’ Cassraw said to Privv as he returned the slightly amended draft to him. ‘If you continue thus, there will be a place of high honour for you in the new Canol Madreth.’
After the meeting, Privv was elated. Leck simply said, ‘We should get away from here. This is all wrong. We shouldn’t be doing it.’ Privv’s elation was such that he did not even hear the remark.
‘I’ve already started work on my report about tonight’s service,’ he announced rapturously. ‘It’ll be even better than the battle report.’
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Such was the momentum of the events that Cassraw had set in train that little could be done to stop them. Those in authority who read the account in Privv’s Sheet were both outraged and horrified but were at a loss to know what to do. The chief adviser to t
