One can only suspect.

When I tell you that no one from this country was invited to the conference, I think you will be able, broadly speaking, to divine its purpose.

The clouds have been gathering for a good many years, and we have only buried our heads a little deeper in the sands.

We have had our chances and wilfully chucked them away.

National Service or three more army corps four years ago would have brought us an alliance which would have meant absolute safety for twenty-one years.