"Caporal" Quotes from Famous Books
... establishment. I shall never forget the plight of the French proprietor of a cafe on the Place de l'Opera who was standing in front of his completely wrecked shop using all the most eloquent French gestures, as he repeated over and over in helpless rage: "Sacre nom d'un nom, je suis caporal du cent-dixieme de reserve et je pars au front apres demain!" ("Sacred Name, I am Corporal of the 110th Reserve and I leave for the front the day ... — The Note-Book of an Attache - Seven Months in the War Zone • Eric Fisher Wood |