His sermon was coming back to him.
He saw a congregation of Lessings, and more clearly than ever the other things.

"What about Belgium ?" he queried.

"Surely our honour is engaged there ?" Mr.Lessing pulled up his napkin, visibly perturbed.

"Yes, but what can we do ?" he demanded.

"What is the good of flinging a handful of troops overseas, even if we can?
It's incredible--English troops in Flanders in this century.