Actually the first strange man she had ever met.

But not having been visible on her horizon, except in flashes, she knew of the man only what she had read and what Burlingame had casually offered during discussions.
"Well, anyhow," said Burlingame, complacently, "the war is over." Cutty smiled indulgently.

"That's the trouble with us chaps who tramp round the world for news.

We can't bamboozle ourselves like you folks who stay at home.

The war was only the first phase.