Part 2: Chapters 10 - 16 Summary

In Chapter 10, Billy Prior returns to work at the Ministry of Munitions. He learns that the Intelligence Unit is being taken over by the War Office. All Intelligence files are being centralized and Billy is given the task of removing anything from the files which might make the division look bad. Billy decides to use the opportunity to find something that could help him build a case against Lionel Spragge.

While having lunch at a pub, Billy reads the latest casualty list and learns that an acquaintance of his, Jimmy Hore, was killed in action. For some reason, this angers Billy and he imagines that a tank comes crashing through the pub wall. In his mind, Billy can see severed limbs and hear the screams of the other patrons. All of a sudden, Billy is back at his desk...