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this traffic cop until
five o'clock and no
ride came that was
going far enough to
do us any good. A
sailor came along on
a bicycle and hailed
us in English, and
believe me it sounded
good, as Pink's French
is no better than mine.
We talked with the
jackie for a half
an hour and got some
good dope on an offensive
that the French were
going to pull off in a
couple of days. He also
told us that there was
a train leaving a small
town near by at 6:10,
so we hiked over there
and found that it left