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 Like You know Who That is his model She said to herself: "Curse him I hope he likes it You'd think the only thing he thinks about is the beastly duck he's wolfing down." And then aloud: "They used to say: 'He saved others; himself he could not save

The ex-sergeant-major looked at her gravely:

"Ma'am," he said, we couldn't say exactly that of the captain For I fancy it was said of our Redeemer But we 'ave said that if ever there was a poor bloke the captain could 'elp, 'elp 'im 'e would Yet the unit was always getting 'ellish strafe from headquarters

Suddenly Sylvia began to laugh As she began to laugh she had remembered The alabaster image in the nun's chapel at Birkenhead the vision of which had just presented itself to her, had been the recumbent tomb of an honourable Mrs Tremayne-Warlock She was said to have sinned in her youth And her husband had never forgiven her That was what the nuns said She said aloud:

"A sign Then to herself: "Blessed Mary You've given it me in the neck Yet you could not name a father for your child, and I can name two I'm going mad Both I and he are going to go mad

She thought of dashing an enormous patch of red upon either cheek. Then she thought it would be rather melodramatic

She made in the smoking-room, whilst she was waiting for both Tietjens and Cowley to come back from the telephone, another pact This time with