texts: No, please; an advance on your salary. </s> <s> Mon General, I have come here to learn and to give, not to take.  I am serving without salary. </s> <s> You must be very rich.
labels: I am.  Then, I understand you too serve without salary.  You know, since your charming little victories at Trenton and Princeton, the French court is softening.  I expect any time now a ship load of supplies...