nearly midnight before
`` I thank you all very much , '' she said . `` I am very happy indeed to be in London , because it is the capital city of the most generous country in the world -- the country that is always ready to protect and help her weaker neighbors . I am a Servian , and I love my country , and therefore , '' she added , with a little break in her voice , -- `` therefore I love you all . '' It was nearly midnight before the audience was got rid of , and the streets of London had not been so impassable for years . Crowds made their way to the front of Buckingham Palace and on to the War Office , where men were working late . Everything seemed to denote that the spirit of the country was roused : The papers next morning made immense capital of the incident , and for the following twenty-four hours suspense throughout the country was almost at fever height . It was known that the Cabinet Council had been sitting for six hours .