Since it came not one of them has mentioned it to me.

The Secretary of one of them remarked, after being invited to express himself: "It is too--too--long!" And, although I have seen most of the Cabinet this week, not a man mentioned it to me.

People seem studiously to avoid it, lest they give offense.
I have, however, got one little satisfaction.

An American--a half-expatriated loafer who talks "art"-- you know the intellectually affected and degenerate type--screwed his courage up and told me that he felt ashamed of his country.

I remarked that I felt sure the feeling was mutual.