I know no man who seemed to realize so poignantly the misery and sorrow of it all.

The sight of an England which he loved bleeding to death in defence of the things in which he most believed was a grief that seemed to be sapping his very life." Page's associates, however, noted a change for the better after the Battle of the Marne.

Except to his most intimate companions he said little, for he represented a nation that was "neutral"; but the defeat of the Germans added liveliness to his step, gave a keener sparkle to his eye, and even brought back some of his old familiar gaiety of spirit.

One day the Ambassador was lunching with Mr.Laughlin and one or two other friends.
"We did pretty well in that Battle of the Marne, didn't we ?" he said.
"Isn't that remark slightly unneutral, Mr.Ambassador ?" asked Mr.
Laughlin.
At this a roar of laughter went up from the table that could be heard for a considerable distance.
About this same time Page's personal secretary, Mr.Harold Fowler, came to ask the Ambassador's advice about enlisting in the British Army.

To advise a young man to take a step that might very likely result in his death was a heavy responsibility, and the Ambassador refused to accept it.