Dewey, A. Peter As They Were: France in the Dark Days of 1939. 1946

150: Girardoux's son: dissolute from too much thought and the pallor of a hurried adolescence

168: David, the retired Normand station‑master: "Is it that I cannot enjoy myself when the world is in pain?"

177: zealous inefficiency

179: Of General Gourand, who had his arm amputated to save time: "It is with triviality that most men's hearts are touched; for the heart is trivial and the ability to appreciate triviality lies in intimate and sympathetic knowledge".