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of the United States but considerably to the east of us and be- 
tween Bermudas and Halifax. There was also more good news 
from France. 
One of the passengers was a woman claiming American nativity 
but who has travelled very widely and whose husband is a 
Frenchman living in Martinique. She impressed one as more 
distinctively French than American. Her description of the 
manner in which the British and American armies were re- 
garded by the French people was quite illuminating. She de- 
elared that when the British army came to France, it said, in 
effect, ‘‘We know all about this business. Just let us attend to 
our part of the line and you can attend to yours.’’ When the 
Americans came, however, they said, ‘‘We don’t know a darned 
thing about war. You show us and we'll catch on!’’, which 
seemed to take well with the French people. This same woman 
was in Athens when King Constantine was deposed, and gave 
us an exceedingly graphic description. of the stirring events of 
that time. She said that she never saw such abandonment to 
grief as the partisans of the King displayed when he left. 
About 8 o’clock in the evening we made out lights on the 
American coast and were certainly glad to see them, although 
realizing that running without lights in the path of numerous 
coastwise vessels we were really in more danger than we had 
been from the submarines. What the sailors dread more than 
anything else is the dense fog that often shuts down off the coast, 
the danger being intensified by instructions from the Admiralty 
not to sound whistles in case of fog. Thus, although we were 
nearly out of danger, the last hours of the cruise were after all 
the most anxious ones. 
Karly the next morning we passed Diamond Shoal Light 
and were off Cape Henry alittle after lunch time. Wednesday, 
July 31st, was rainy and disagreeable, with a strong northeast 
wind, but all of us were happy in being so near the coast where 
we felt comparatively safe. Many vessels were sighted and 
there were some weird designs in the way of camouflage. At 
dinner I was requested to read the following, written by 
Madame Zourna Magny and signed by practically all of the 
first-class passengers : 
