‘This may be worse than futile,’ said Ralph. He was looking serious and excited, and we felt amused; Ralph was always proud of his inside information.
‘Well, yes, worse than futile for the dozen poor devils who are put to death because of it,’ said George. ‘They have not got the man who threw the bomb, I see. There will have to be a demonstration.’
‘They are saying at the Office that it may mean War.’
‘War? between Austria—Hungary and Serbia?’
‘That would be short and decisive. I should think.’
Guy wrinkled his forehead.
‘You forget Serbia’s relation to Russia,’ Ralph put in; ‘we might very easily have war between Russia and Austria over this.’
Mollie said:
‘It all seems very remote.’
Grandmother said: