We are strictly neutral, you know, we Americans, and our passports and the Red Cross will take us anywhere in safety." "It won't do, my dear," he replied.

"You've already been in danger enough for one war.

I shudder even now as I think of those bullets and shells at Nieuport." "But we can pass through at some place where they are not fighting." "Show me such a place!" "And distances are very small in this part of the Continent.

We could get to Charleroi in a day, and return the next day with Mrs.Denton." "Impossible." "The doctor says he may live for several days, but it may be only for hours.

If you could see his face light up when he speaks of her, you would realize what a comfort her presence would be to him." "I understand that, Patsy.