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in an over coat, and a helmet which he is to hold, and I sailed in, I knew the pose I wanted so no time was lost.

I told the King, that what I had in mind to represent, was an attitude that would suggest his famous answer to the Germans [[?]], that "Belgium is a country not a road" This was when the Bosch [[Boche?]] proposed that he let them march through Belgium [[strikethrough]]to[[/strikethrough]] on to France, 

Then he told me something of that period, (Isn't it all wonderful)

Well, he seemed delighted with the pose though he doesn't say 

Transcription Notes:
* Boche - pejorative slang for Germans (WWI)