"You believe they will arrive that way?"
"I feel very certain of it. And this means that England moves."
"Where?"
"To the firing line."
"With France?"
"Yes, Sister."
She said quietly:
"That is as it should be, Mr. Halkett. The two great wardens of European liberty should stand together in its defense."
"They've got to stand for each other," he said, "—whatever else they stand for."
"Alsace—Lorraine—I think this is to be a very holy war—for France," she murmured to herself.