India is about six times the size of France, he went on, as theglass of alcohol and a bowl of curried snacks arrived at ourtable. But it has almost twenty times the population. Twentytimes! Believe me, if there were a billion Frenchmen living i nsuch a crowded space, there would be rivers of blood. Rivers o fblood! And, as everyone knows, we French are the most civilisedpeople in Europe. Indeed, in the whole world. No, no, withoutlove, India would be impossible.