He never
will."
"Mr. de Valentin's scheme is a good one," I said slowly, "but he has not
told us everything. If you want my opinion--"
"Of course I do," she declared.
"Then I think," I continued, "that his success depends a good deal upon
something which he did not tell us."
"What is it?" she asked, eagerly.
"It depends, I think," I said, "upon the Power which has agreed to back
his claims. If that Power is England, as he tried to make us believe, he
has a great chance. If it is Germany, I think that he will fail."
She frowned impatiently.
"You are prejudiced," she declared.
"Perhaps," I answered. "Still, I may be right, you know."
"Germany is infinitely more powerful," she objected. "If she mobilized an
army on the frontier, and France found half her soldiers disaffected--"
"You forget," I interposed, "that there would be England to be reckoned
with. England is bound to help France in the event of a German invasion."
She smiled confidently.
"I don't fancy," she remarked, "that England could help much."
I shrugged my shoulders.
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