Indeed, Page's last few months in England, though full of sad memories for his friends, contained little but satisfaction for himself.

He still spent many a lonely evening by his fire, but his thoughts were now far more pleasurable than in the old _Lusitania_ days.

The one absorbing subject of contemplation now was that America was "in." His country had justified his deep confidence.

The American Navy had played a determining part in defeating the submarine, and American shipyards were turning out merchant ships faster than the Germans were destroying them.

American troops were reaching France at a rate which necessarily meant the early collapse of the German Empire.