George took a deep breath. "He wasn't - he didn't mean it as an insult to me. I know your stance, he explained it to me. He explained what was happening before you arrived here and I understood."
He paused. He had only confided this to the Doctor and Grantaire, but he must speak. "I understood, because I have recently discovered I am to soon die for my country. I read it in one of those history books you are poring through." His lips pressed into a thin line. "We are not all as useless as you might think."