Family Scene
SCENE: The dining room at No. 10 Downing Street, London. TIME: Shortly after the zero hour of the American landing in North Africa. CHARACTERS: A few Churchills.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill has just broken the news of the landing in Africa, and is looking like a prime minister.
Sarah (his second eldest daughter): "Yes, I know all about it. I've been working on the air side of the operations for months."
Churchill (testily): "Why didn't you tell me you knew all about it?"
Sarah: "We were sworn to secrecy."
Churchill (parental): "I suppose you thought I didn't know anything about it. After all, I do...