Blackstone And the Great War (2005)
“On the one hand, there were those who believed that it was impossible for an officer to have been a killer – and that included not just the officers themselves, but also those outside the officer class, like Corporal Johnson, who had fully accepted the ruling class myth.
And on the other hand, there were people like Sergeant Winfield, who could be persuaded to accept that such a thing might just be possible, but had embraced another, equally damaging, myth – that officers were above the laws wh...ich applied to ordinary folk like him.
‘But officers are as likely to commit a murder as anybody else, and they’ll swing from a rope as well as the next man,’ Blackstone said aloud – and with fresh resolve. ‘I know that for a fact – and I’ll prove it, if it’s the last thing I do.’ As he approached his billet, he was not in the least surprised to see the young soldier waiting impatiently outside his door. It would, in fact, have been a surprise if – fired up with enthusiasm for the investigation as he was – he hadn’t been there.MoreLess
And on the other hand, there were people like Sergeant Winfield, who could be persuaded to accept that such a thing might just be possible, but had embraced another, equally damaging, myth – that officers were above the laws wh...ich applied to ordinary folk like him.
‘But officers are as likely to commit a murder as anybody else, and they’ll swing from a rope as well as the next man,’ Blackstone said aloud – and with fresh resolve. ‘I know that for a fact – and I’ll prove it, if it’s the last thing I do.’ As he approached his billet, he was not in the least surprised to see the young soldier waiting impatiently outside his door. It would, in fact, have been a surprise if – fired up with enthusiasm for the investigation as he was – he hadn’t been there.MoreLess
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