General Bramble

by
ANDRÉ MAUROIS
translated by
JULES CASTIER and RONALD BOSWELL
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD
First Published 1921
First Published in The Week-End Library 1931
MADE AND PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY MORRISON AND GIBB LTD, LONDON AND EDINBURGH
GENERAL BRAMBLE
As to what the picture represents, that depends upon who looks at it. —Whistler.
The French Mission in its profound wisdom had sent as liaison officer to the Scottish Division a captain of Dragoons whose name was Beltara.
Are you any relation to the painter, sir? Aurelle, the interpreter, asked him.