Paris In War Time Those who, when the Germans approached, fled from Paris, described it as a city doomed, as a waste place, desolate as a graveyard.

Those who run away always are alarmists.

They are on the defensive.

They must explain why they ran away.
Early in September Paris was like a summer hotel out of season.

The owners had temporarily closed it; the windows were barred, the furniture and paintings draped in linen, a caretaker and a night- watchman were in possession.
It is an old saying that all good Americans go to Paris when they die.
Most of them take no chances and prefer to visit it while they are alive.
Before this war, if the visitor was disappointed, it was the fault of the visitor, not of Paris.