"Committee meeting" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Duchy when war broke out. No news had been received from her, and her husband was worried sick. We got a message through via The Hague and got word back this morning that she was safe and well. I went up to tell him the good news. He was presiding over some sort of committee meeting, and the maid said I could not see him. I insisted that she should announce me and after some argument she did. As the door opened, the buzz subsided and she announced: "Monsieur le Secretaire de la Legation d'Amerique." There was a terrible cry of fear and the old Count ...
— A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium • Hugh Gibson |
