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"Mother, you don't understand," she said.

"You don't appreciate what is happening.

In a day or two England will be at war with Germany." Mrs.Falbe's book had slipped from her knee.

She picked it up and flapped the cover once or twice to get rid of dust that might have settled there.
"But what then ?" she said.

"It is very dreadful, no doubt, to think of dear Hermann being with the German army, but we are getting used to that, are we not?
Besides, he told me it was his duty to go.