The French are steadfast of purpose.
What purpose?
Changing the Ministry!
English poet in the Soudan,—"We are carrying 'Sweetness and light' into darkest Africa!"
Tommy,—"Yes, we let the light in with the Lee-Metford and the Egyptian tax-collector will sweeten these coves later on."
Mayor of New York,—"We must return the 'Torch of Liberty' by the first French steamer."
"What for?"
"To dispel the Dreyfus gloom."