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decided: “Well, that was that.” And then we went on down--I don't know, we spent about two weeks more in France, sleeping in the fields, covering what we could. I always remember one scene: We arrived at a caserne--what is caserne in English? You know, army barracks. And there was the usual sentinel box in front, and we stopped because we wanted to ask the sentinel a question. The sentinel was standing at attention, with the tears flowing down his face. And that was--he had just heard that France had given in. That's a picture I will never forget.
Was the picture taken, of that?
I think so.
How long was your Stay in France?
Oh, then we went down to Bordeaux and Bayonne, and then we went to the French frontier, and I gave the Auburn to Max Corre, and we made our way to Lisbon. The P.S. on the Auburn was that six months later I got a summons to appear in court in Paris because somebody had been killed by the Auburn.
You were already in America?
Yes.
O.K. Hold on a second, end of take?
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