I think the lieutenant probably told you, another gentleman asked for the same file last week.
"You must have done something wrong," the lieutenant told him.
The lieutenant who had led the party told him.
But before he died, the lieutenant told me about this meeting and how important it was for someone from our unit to attend.
The lieutenant told him, then added, "Do you people suspect trouble down here?"
"My lieutenant tells me that you're lost, just as we are."
Just stand here and look friendly, like the lieutenant told us to do in the first place.
The lieutenant told him what she had in mind.
"And you don't have to stay," the lieutenant told him.
No search could be mounted, the lieutenant had told him, until the storm was over.