He also said that we would jolt Dawsbergen off the map.
It sounds encouraging, at least, doesn't it?"
"It sounds very funny for you to say those things," admitted Beverly,
"even though they come secondhand. You were not cut out for slang."
"Why, I'm sure they are all good English words," remonstrated
Yetive. "Oh, dear, I wonder what they are doing in Graustark this very
instant. Are they fighting or--"
"No; they are merely talking. Don't you know, dear, that there is never
a fight until both sides have talked themselves out of breath? We shall
have six months of talk and a week or two of fight, just as they always
do nowadays."
"Oh, you Americans have such a comfortable way of looking at things,"
cried the princess. "Don't you ever see the serious side of life?"
"My dear, the American always lets the other fellow see the serious side
of life," said Beverly.
"You wouldn't be so optimistic if a country much bigger and more
powerful than America happened to be the other fellow."
"It did sound frightfully boastful, didn't it? It's the way we've been
brought up, I reckon,--even we southerners who know what it is to be
whipped. The idea of a girl like me talking about war and trouble and
all that! It's absurd, isn't it?"
"Nevertheless, I wish I could see things through those dear gray eyes of
yours. Oh, how I'd like to have you with me through all the months that
are to come.
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