他无法进入军队的军营——他很早就知道,最好的指挥官会远离军队,除非他们有某种理由来参观。男孩们必须有机会保持平静、休息,没有人倾听、支持或鄙视他们,这取决于他们说话、行动和思考的方式。
(He couldn't go into his army's barracks -- he had long since learned that the best commanders stay away unless they have some reason to visit. The boys have to have a chance to be at peace, at rest, without someone listening, to favor or despise them depending on the way they talk, and act, and think.)