And the sooner we get to that the better. We made
em because we had the Goddamned expertson our hands. Almost simultaneously
messengers of disaster came to both thesemen. His heart quailed at the thought of
thatvista of possibly reproachful sufferers. In serving theworld, we shall also
serve ourselves. Half the magistrates in the country were recusant andhad to be
superseded by military courts.
These big ships were fighting now atdistances of
two miles or less; some were in actual contact. There are tales of men
weepingmiserably and mechanically, but no other records of feeling. For a time
chivalry andpatriotism were equally extinct.
The Americanaircraft certainly got into action very
smartly, but not so quicklyas all that. Perhaps there should have been a
discussion.
It was an admission of failure; it was the
acceptance of a newsituation.
The tale of thesedomestic casualties
lengthened.
He said things Sir Bussy would have
cheered.
The only possible reply to these German
incendiaries is Gas L. They went about theirbusiness almost sluggishly, in a mood of
melancholy fatigue.
Perhaps he too should have attempted a further
parley.
You dont understand, my good woman, said the Lord
Paramount, Heput his brains to a bad use.
These big ships were fighting now atdistances of
two miles or less; some were in actual contact. Its this sort of thing theItalians
cant stand. Id have brought them here for you to see ifId thought they would have
weighed with you.
She came like a sudden thought into his
presence.
Perhaps he too should have attempted a further
parley. Fire your guns asoften as possible at the nearest enemy had become the
onlyeffective order.
It was Hereward Jackson broke the news to the Lord
Paramount.
Abruptly outof the void into which he was wont to
vanish appeared Sir Bussy theunquenchable.
A sleepless night had left him fagged and
unendurablyimpatient.
Liberalism and socialism wereswamped by patriotism
and vanished as if they had never been.
What the devil are fleets and armies for if we are
never to usethem? It found an echo in his own too human heart. For his heart was
astender as it was great.
Fire your guns asoften as possible at the nearest
enemy had become the onlyeffective order. What other ways are there for settling
national differences? Neither side felt justified in renewing theconflict once it
had broken off. Perhaps they did not think, but just went on withtheir job in its
new aspect. This killing of honest andstraightforward people who dont agree with
you!
There was savage street fighting in
Glasgow.
What the devil are fleets and armies for if we are
never to usethem?