It was a very clever trap which was baited, and it was not owing to any foresight or any cleverness on the part of this country that the Allies did not walk straight into it.

I say again," he went on, "that it was a mere fluke which prevented the Allies from being represented at that Conference and the driving in of the thin end of the wedge." "You are quite right," Catherine agreed.
"German diplomacy," he proceeded, "may sometimes be obtuse, but it is at least persistent.

Their next move will certainly rank in history as the most astute, the most cunning of any put forward since the war commenced.

Of course," the young man went on, fitting his cigarette into a long, amber holder, "we who are not Germans can only guess, but even the guessing is fascinating." "Go on, please, dear Baron," she begged.

"It is when you talk like this and show me your mind that I seem to be listening to a second Bismarck." "You flatter me, Countess," the young man said, "but indeed these events are interesting.