"And those poor Belgians ?" Desnoyers retorted indignantly.
"That invasion of Belgium is treason.

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And a treason never amounts to anything among decent people." He said it in all good faith as though war were a duel in which the traitor was henceforth ruled out and unable to continue his outrages.
Besides, the heroic resistance of Belgium was nourishing the most absurd illusions in his heart.