"I think there's going to be," he said. "Do you remember the murder of the Archduke Ferdinand at Serajevo?"
"Yes, vaguely."
"Well, Austria has sent an ultimatum to Servia about it," he said, "which Servia cannot possibly accept. Hugo told me. I met him this afternoon going back to the Foreign Office."
"With a red despatch-box which was brought to him at the Carlton," said Dodo. "How small the world is."
"Big enough. There's a meeting of the Cabinet to-morrow morning."
"Oh, then they'll have a nice long talk and settle it all," said Dodo optimistically.