“Germany? Think so? From what I’ve seen of her, she doesn’t care what we think or any one else—except what she wants at the time.”
Our new acquaintance was silent a moment, as though unwilling to venture too rapidly forward.
“Well, thank God, we’re out of it!” he said, at last. “The election settled that. If it had gone the other way, there might be a little more excitement.”
“Pacifist?”
“Absolutely.”
There was a long silence, broken at last by a question.
“Been over long?”
“Three months.”
“In France?”