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"Well," said our solemn friend, caressing his whiskers, "as to its practical effect, my dear Miss Grey, why, I am afraid that in such bitter matters as these the practical value of sympathy, or of international law, is er cannot very easily be defined." "Quite so. Exactly as I thought. It would not make one pennyworth of difference, Mr. Poole-Smith.
That, I think, is a danger to be guarded against, so far as it is possible, at all or any cost." One could not but be impressed by this rather pompous, but sincere and earnest man's words. "I see that very clearly, Mr. Poole-Smith," said Constance Grey. "But can the thing be done? Can the public be deluded for more than a few hours?" "Not altogether, my dear young lady, not altogether.
We hope to be able to announce something definite in the morning. The sympathy of all the Powers will undoubtedly be with us, for every known tenet of international law has been outraged by this entirely unprovoked invasion." "And what do you think will be the practical effect and use of their sympathy, Mr. Poole-Smith?" asked Constance Grey.
But no; they would not even pay for the maintenance of such defence force as they had when it took three years to beat the Boers; and now didn't some man write a book called 'The Defenceless Isles'? We live in them." "But that is not the worst, Miss Grey," said our friend. "These are now not only defenceless, but invaded isles." "Ah! How long before they become surrendered isles, Mr. Poole-Smith?"
"The way the coastal districts have been hermetically sealed against communication, and the speed and thoroughness with which the occupation has been accomplished, will remain, I believe, the most amazing episode in the history of warfare," said the solemn graybeard, to whom I had been presented by Constance Grey. Poole-Smith would have consented to open his mouth in my presence.
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