"And that's why I ask you what the devil you mean by calling England an abstraction.

For us, she's the only thing in the world.

We're elderly chaps, you and I, Perkins, and the only thing we can do to help her is to keep our heads high.

If people like you and me crumple up, the British Empire will crumple up." "That's quite true," said Perkins.
Sir Anthony bent down and held out his hand.
"It's damned hard lines for us, and for the women.

But we must keep our end up.