Somerfield looked up at her in growing amazement. A man like the Prince makes one think, because, you see, every standard of life we have is a standard of comparison. When one sees the sort of man he is, one wonders. When one sees how far apart he is from you Englishmen in his ideals and the way he spends his life, one wonders again. Somerfield shrugged his shoulders.
Japan is the youngest of the nations.
She has a long way to go to catch us up. Somerfield looked at her in an aggrieved fashion. I am sure that she is quite ready to believe that you are perfection, and the English army the one invincible institution in the world. You mustn't take me too seriously today, Charlie. I have a headache, and I think that it has made me dull.