In very gradual, complex ways, Britain may prove to be, not the Trojan horse of American influence which France has always feared, but, on the contrary, a counterpoise to the American tide.

• 虽然过程缓慢，方式也很复杂，可英国也许能够证明他们并非是法国总是害怕的那种美国势力的潜在危险。恰恰相反，他们是与美国潮流抗衡的力量。