midday
Now , as I mentioned above , the value of camouflage depends on its capability for deceit ; and it is by this criterion that I claim his work as a success . It should be added , however , in no uncertain tones , that it is the Germans whom one is desirous of deceiving , and that is where my warning to the youthful enthusiast comes in . The thing came too quickly for warning . Suddenly from above the inhabitants of the hole , with whom Angus was consuming a midday glass of port , was heard the voice : `` It must be somewhere about here , sir , I think . '' The voice was right -- it was . They came through in a phalanx of fire , and descended abruptly on the detachment below . It was a magnificent compliment to the work , but it was unfortunate that the General should have been the one to consume the nettles .