And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?
“At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.”
“It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.”