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.
這些年過去，有一句臺詞始終讓人印象深刻，出自艾倫?貝內特(Alan Bennett)的《歷史系男生》：“如果哈利法克斯的牙口更好，我們可能就輸掉了戰爭?！笔鞘裁匆馑?？也就是說，1940年，當英國首相之位空缺時，作為比丘吉爾更不主戰的替代人選——哈利法克斯勛爵(Lord Halifax)——正在看牙醫。于是，在另一條時間線上，英國在他的領導下與軸心國締結了屈辱的和平。
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