Chapter 6
CREEPING DEATH
Shortly before noon, Brigitte Bonnet enters the dormitory with eight armed guards.
Juin jumps up from where he lay in the corner and hurries towards her.
“My men are perishing from thirst,” says Juin. “You must give them water.”
“Have you forgotten again what I told you, Lieutenant? No water. I want to weaken them precisely.”
“I undertake to keep the men in their place. Give them water, and I undertake to ensure they attempt nothing. This is torture. There is plenty of water in the fort. I am prepared to give my word that I will maintain order.”
She looks at him sideways. “Your word means little to me, Lieutenant. It is the word of an officer of the French Foreign Legion, and that is not worth much to me. No water for now.”
Juin clenches his fists, and Rous
