11/28 We cannot trust them out in the west. They are becoming sullen, if not hostile. A very little and they will turn upon us with savage fury--at least if they are not withheld from it by the English themselves." Corinne's cheek flushed; she flung back her head with an indescribable gesture. To our shame be it spoken, the French have made use of them. They have stooped to a warfare which makes civilized man shudder with horror. |