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From The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890 - 1914, by Barbara Tuchman

SOME

"Some on the Right could no longer keep their heads turned from the truth.  Mme de Greffuhle, goddess of the gratin, becoming secretly convinced of Dreyfus' innocence, wrote to the Kaiser asking to visit him to ascertain if the Germans really had employed Dreyfus as a spy.  The only answer she received was a large basket of orchids."

From Chapter 4, "Give Me Combat!" France: 1984 - 99