The Man on the Other Side #405795

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Excerpt from Book:

“And have you settled on a War Memorial?” asked North, rescuing her handkerchief from Selina’s clutches.

“Not yet! And I see no prospect—we are still talking. We shall until some adventurous spirit among us says, ‘Well, something must be done.’ Then we shall go the way of least resistance—always so safe and so unoriginal. Another of those delightful sandwiches, please. Your own Devonshire cream, of course. Why can’t my cook make Devonshire cream? But where was I? Oh yes—the War Memorial. Then we shall erect an artistically offensive monument. Who invented that word, I wonder. And did the word come from the monstrosity, or after? But it is so descriptive of what it is. Yes. And what is your idea of a good memorial, Miss Seer?”