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Gian-Luca had been married for just three years when there came those mighty rumors of war in the July of 1914. Millo had expected an excellent season, but in June an Austrian archduke had been murdered -- a grave, kindly man who deserved a better fate -- and Millo had begun to feel uneasy. By the middle of July he felt still more uneasy, while to Old Compton Street came a wave of apprehension coupled with incredulous surprise.
"It cannot mean war," said Teresa firmly, "the financiers of Europe will never allow it. Is not the world ruled by money?"