“We ought never to have been here,” he replied.
“It hurts my national pride to see you fine men doing police work.”
I told him all I had learned about “the Pasha’s” opinion of the situation, and asked him when he intended to retire.
“As soon as I feel really confident that Peace will be ratified.”
“And Lausanne?”
“We shall have storms, but the result must be peace.”
“When?”
“As soon as we dare hope....”
I congratulated him on the rôle he had played at Moudania.
“I am glad,” he said, “to have rendered service to my country.”