The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.

There was a long moment while the colonel decided whether to break in on the drunken Scot.

She looked anxious and upset, but not, the colonel decided, particularly grief-stricken.

The colonel then decides they must think of a way to get the painting back.

The colonel had decided to make this stupid stand.

You're going to rot here till the colonels decide to try you.

The colonel decided to wait until the doctors got more blood into him and he'd had a chance to sleep for a few extra hours.

Had the colonel changed his mind after all and decided that she must join him at once?

However, as the language course is too difficult, the colonel decides to surrender to the British instead.

The colonel and the lieutenant decide they must have money, in order to escape.