"I _wonder_ whether the Republican or Democrat candidate is elected to
the American Presidency."
That is a matter in which I do not profess to be posted up, I replied.
Then he said, "I _wonder_ how Lord Salisbury is getting on in the
Conference."
From all the newspaper reports he seems to be getting on very well, I
observed.
After a very brief pause, he said, "I _wonder_ whether there will be
war. I _wonder_ whether Russia really means war or peace."
It is exceedingly difficult to say, I observed. Diplomacy is so
involved, so intricate, so uncertain, that no one can say until all
things are really settled.
"I _wonder_," he immediately said, "whether England will go to war."