Thiswouldgivehimtwoweeksinsteadofseventy-twohours。AtthisheburstoutviolentlythathewouldnotsetfootinEngland；thatheneverwantedtohaveanythingtodowithEnglandorwiththeEnglish:\"Why，I
amamarine!\"heexclaimed，\"andwemarineswouldsoonerknockdownanyEnglishsailorthanspeaktohim。\"
TheEnglishlady，naturally，didnotthentellhimhernationality。ShenowrealizedthathehadsupposedhertobeAmerican，becauseshehadfrequentlybeeninAmericaandhadtalkedtohimasnostrangertothecountrycould。She，ofcourse，didnoturgehisgoingtoEngland；sheadvisedhimwhattoseeinFrance。Hetookhisleaveofseventy-twohoursandwhenhereturnedwasverygratefulfortheadviceshehadgivenhim。
Shesawhimoftenafterthis，andhegrewtorelyverymuchuponherfriendlycounsel。Finally，whenthetimecameforhertogoawayfromBrest，shetoldhimthatshewasEnglish。Andthenshesaidsomethinglikethistohim:
\"Now，youtoldmeyouhadneverbeeninEnglandandhadneverknownanEnglishpersoninyourlife，andyetyouhadalltheseideasagainstusbecausesomebodyhadtaughtyouwrong。Itisnotatallyourfault。Youareonlynineteenyearsoldandyoucannotreadaboutus，becauseyouhavenochance；butatleastyoudoknowoneEnglishpersonnow，andthatEnglishpersonbegsyou，whenyoudohaveachancetoreadandinformyourselfofthetruth，tofindoutwhatEnglandreallyhasbeen，andwhatshehasreallydoneinthiswar。\"