4. Dalton’s marginal insertion: “If this long island story of ours is to end at last, let it end only when each of us lies choking in his own blood upon the ground.” (It is possible that, years later, Dalton showed this diary entry to Churchill, who then added or corrected the phrase.)

5. Meaning Chamberlain. Dalton was wrong: the main spokesman for negotiating was Halifax, not Chamberlain. See below, Chapters 2 to 5. Also, the “jumping up, shouting and patting me on the back” episode came at the end of the meeting, not during it. Dalton: “When we separate, several go up and speak to him, and I, patting him on the shoulder, from my physically greater height … “