The lion and the lamb may remain apart.

They may agree to be friends, they may even wave paws at one another, but I do not suggest that they march side by side.

What we ask of France is that she looks the other way.

It is very easy to look the other way.

She might look, for instance--towards Egypt." [Illustration: "What we ask of France is that she looks the other way."] There was a sudden glitter in the eyes of Monsieur Douaille.