"The colonel once told me that the events one most wants to avoid are never so bad as expected."

The colonel told Mama and me to come with him.

"You can see how easy it is," the Colonel told the girl.

So, the colonel told you to remain in your cabin.

"I am sure that the colonel has told you of the need for secrecy."

His faith, the Colonel told himself, should be enough to sustain him through anything.

Did the colonel tell you how long you'll be there?

After a while, the colonel told us to take off.

"You're not supposed to ask that," the colonel told him.

Colonel, I have not yet told you the most unbelievable part.