'But here, in this grey city, there is all the sorrow and dignity of a conquered people. Never believe any one when they tell you that it is more dignified to win than to be defeated. It isn't true. Here in the streets, lit no more brightly than London during war-time, English Tommies march up and down, looking very gay, friendly and irresponsible. Their canteens are in the best hotels, and a lovely building down by the Rhine. Outside are great notices "No Germans allowed." The money for their food is all paid from the German taxes, and the German children crowd round their bright lit windows, watching them gobble up beefsteaks. It is one of the most vulgar things that I have seen...'
from a letter to 'Rosalind', October 6th 1924 in Letters to a Friend by Winifred Holtby
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