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Send an officer to me who can explain the exact position verbally , and one who speaks German , who will be useful in interrogating your capture . Let me have Dennis if you can spare him . '' That was why , very much against his own inclination , Dennis accompanied the long column of disarmed men that found its way under escort to brigade headquarters just as the dawn was breaking , passing a joyous battalion sent up by the brigadier to consolidate the splendid gains of his beloved Reedshires . Dennis woke at noon in his father 's dug-out . `` I want you to stay here until I get an answer from the general , Dennis , '' said the brigadier . `` If you 've never seen the workings of a kite balloon , they 're just sending one up over yonder . You 'll probably be able to join Bob inside an hour . ''