FRANCE (impulsively rushing forward and clasping Britain’s hand):
I said ye would come. (Turning to Belgium.) Said I not so?
BELGIUM:
I had thought—I feared—
BRITAIN (stretching her hand to Belgium):
I understand, say no more.
“Men whispered that our arm was weak,
Men said our blood was cold,
And that our hearts no longer speak
The clarion-note of old;