At once the deal was off, and, though the price was
considerably raised, there was, in his own words, 'Nothing 'doing!' 'No
stuff of mine,' he said, 'shall go to help an enemy of the Anglo-Saxon
race.' That's the way I believe the real Americans feel."
"This is a wonderful hospital," said the V. A. D. "Whenever I see it, I
somehow feel my heart grow warm to the American people for the splendid
way in which they have helped poor France, for, you know, in the first
months of the war, the French hospitals were perfectly ghastly."
"I know, I know!" cried Barry. "And the Canadians, too, have chipped in
a bit. We have a Canadian hospital in Paris, for the French, and others
are being organised."
They turned in at the gate and found themselves in a beautiful
quadrangle, set out with grass plots and flowers and cement walks. The
building itself, an ancient royal palace, had been enlarged by means of
sun-parlours and porches which gave it an air of wonderful cheeriness
and brightness.
"I will run in and see if any of my friends are about," said the V.
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