The popular TV series was brought up during my call to a friend on Mother's Day.

She liked the diction, she told me. I myself was impressed by the script and

acting and still remembered a few dialogues. Moreover, Foyle's War (and Doc

Martin) made me an Anglophile, falling in love with the culture and the scenary

of the British south coast. It felt a long time since I last watched it.

"Fifty Ships" in series 2 was a favorite episode and told a story at the early

stage of WWII. The visitor, Mr. Paige, a high-level US government official, 

murdered his former Oxford classmate, from whom he stole an idea that made him

a fortune in America, but Mr. Foyle the local Detective Chief Superintendent had

to let him go in exchange of America's goodwill in the war, starting with fifty

decrepit ships.

Below was the exchange before Paige boarded a military aircraft heading back to

the U.S. 

Foyle: (approaching the plane)

       Mr. Paige.

Paige: (turning around and surprised)

       Mr. Foyle! I really hope this is a final goodbye.

Foyle: Oh no. Not at all. Only temporary.

Paige: (showing contempt)

       "Only temporary." You sound like a sore loser.

       You know what the French say? C'est la guerre.

Foyle: Precisely, Mr. Paige. It's the war.

       And no war has lasted forever and neither will this.

       A year, maybe ten, but it will end.

       When it does, Mr. Paige,

       you will still be a thief, a liar, and a murderer,

       and I will not have forgotten. 

       And wherever you are, I will find you.

       You are not escaping justice, merely postponing it.

       Au revoir.