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Me de Boufflers, la Reine des Aristocrates refugies en Angleterre, was to see us yesterday in the evening, and to invite Mie Mie and me to come sometimes to hear her daughter-in-law play upon the harp. I did not expect melody in their heaviness, but I shall certainly go, as the recitative part will be in French, and that you know is always some amusement to me.
"O, I know. Parlez-vous Angleterre?" added Grossbeck, turning to the waiter. "Non, monsieur," replied the waiter, who did not speak "England." "O, confound it! What's the Dutch for wine?" demanded Lynch, impatiently. "I know eau de vie. Garçon, eau de vie," replied Grossbeck, confidently. The waiter disappeared, and presently returned with a small decanter and two minute wine-glasses.
Pantaloons, perhaps, you mean?" "No, no, not pantaloons." "Not pantaloons? then I know of nothing else. You don't mean these sacks of things, called trousers?" taking hold of the Yorkshireman's. "No, no, not trousers." "Then really, my lady, I don't know any other name." "Oh, yes, Colonel, you know the things I intend. Vot is it you call Davil in Angleterre?"
Everard was assured by M. de Croisnel that every attention and affectionate care were being rendered to his gallant and adored nephew 'vrai type de tout ce qu'il y a de noble et de chevaleresque dans la vieille Angleterre' from a family bound to him by the tenderest obligations, personal and national; one as dear to every member of it as the brother, the son, they welcomed with thankful hearts to the Divine interposition restoring him to them.
No. 65. L'Ambassadeur en Angleterre au Ministre des Affaires Etrangères. Londres, le 17/30 Juillet 1914. L'Ambassadeur d'Allemagne a demandé
He wished us "bonne chance," assuring us that it was his one desire after the war to get to Angleterre, where he had never been; but now that he knew the English he must visit us to make our further acquaintance. So much for our comical French friend, ever so amusing and ever so polite. We found fun in all sorts of things, made fun of all sorts of things.
Comme ce manque d'appetit m'affaiblera inevitablement s'il continue longtemps et que l'affaiblissement amenerait probablement un mauvais etat du systeme nerveux, je crois que le plus sage serait de renoncer pour cette fois au voyage en Angleterre et de revenir au Pre-Charmoy comme un faux billet indigne de circuler. "Comme je te l'ai promis, je fais ce qui me semble etre le plus sage.
Communiqué aux Ambassadeurs en Angleterre, Autriche-Hongrie, Italie, Allemagne. No. 59. Le Chargé d'Affaires en Serbie au Ministre des Affaires Etrangères. Nich, le 17/30 Juillet 1914.
Ou bien, s'il cherche la gloire, c'est en Angleterre qu'il faut aller. C'est l'Angleterre, ou la France il n'y a que ces deux pays en Europe dans le monde."
No. 22. L'Ambassadeur en Angleterre an Ministre des Affaires Etrangères. Londres, le 12/25 Juillet 1914.
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