General Broulard: Colonel Dax, are you trying to blackmail me?Colonel Dax: It's an ugly word, but you are in a difficult situation.
General Mireau: Hello there, soldier. Ready to kill more Germans?Private Ferol: Yes, sir.General Mireau: What's your name, soldier?Private Ferol: Sir, Private Ferol, Company A.General Mireau: Aha. You married, soldier?Private Ferol: No, sir.General Mireau: I'll bet your mother's proud of you.Private Ferol: Yes, sir.General Mireau: Carry on, Private, and good luck.Private Ferol: Thank you, sir.
General Broulard: Colonel Dax, you're a disappointment to me. You've spoiled the keenness of your mind by wallowing in sentimentality. You really did want to save those men, and you were not angling for Mireau's command. You are an idealist... and I pity you as I would the village idiot. We're fighting a war, Dax, a war that we've got to win. Those men didn't fight, so they were shot. You bring charges against General Mireau, so I insist that he answer them. Wherein have I done wrong?Colonel Dax: Because you don't know the answer to that question. I pity you.
Too much has happened. Someone's got to be hurt. The only question is who. General Mireau's assault on the Ant Hill failed. His order to fire on his own troops was refused. But his attempt to murder three innocent men to protect his own reputation will be prevented by the General Staff.
