The old lady was evidently in earnest.

"What can you possibly mean ?" he asked.

"Are the newspapers responsible for the war ?" "Entirely responsible," answered Lady Janet.

"Why, you don't understand the age you live in! Does anybody do anything nowadays (fighting included) without wishing to see it in the newspapers?
_I_ subscribe to a charity; _thou_ art presented with a testimonial; _he_ preaches a sermon; _we_ suffer a grievance; _you_ make a discovery; _they_ go to church and get married.

And I, thou, he; we, you, they, all want one and the same thing--we want to see it in the papers.