One line stands out after all these years from Alan Bennett’s play The History Boys. “If Halifax had had better teeth,” says a too-clever-by-half student, “we might have lost the war.” What does he mean? That Lord Halifax, a less bellicose alternative to Churchill as the incoming UK prime minister in 1940, was at the dentist when the job opened up. In another timeline, therefore, Britain under his leadership made a miserable peace with the Axis.
这些年过去，有一句台词始终让人印象深刻，出自艾伦•贝内特(Alan Bennett)的《历史系男生》：“如果哈利法克斯的牙口更好，我们可能就输掉了战争。”是什么意思？也就是说，1940年，当英国首相之位空缺时，作为比丘吉尔更不主战的替代人选——哈利法克斯勋爵(Lord Halifax)——正在看牙医。于是，在另一条时间线上，英国在他的领导下与轴心国缔结了屈辱的和平。
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