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When Lucie watched the fluttering ends of Annette's blue veil disappearing around the corner of the road as she drove away, Lucie little knew that it was the last she should see of her friend for many weeks. It was early spring. The United States had already severed diplomatic relations with Germany and every one was wondering what would happen next. Things were going badly in Russia, but Bagdad had been taken by the British, and the middle of March saw the evacuation by the Germans of French territory from Arras to Soissons.
It was the old doctor who brought the news that the United States had declared war upon Germany. He came driving up in his old cabriolet, and shouting "_Vive la France! Vive les Américains! _"