Blessed is he of whom it has been said that he so loved giving that he
even gave his own life.




X

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS


III

SCENE. _A trench unpleasantly near the firing line. There
has been an hour's intense bombardment by the British, with
suitable retaliation by the Boches. The retaliation is just
dying down._

CHARACTERS. ALBERT--_Round-eyed, rotund, red-cheeked,
yellow-haired, and deliberate; in civil life probably a
drayman._ JIM--_Small, lean, sallow, grey-eyed, with a kind
of quiet restlessness; in civil life probably a mechanic with
leanings towards Socialism._ POZZIE--_A thick-set, low-browed,
impassive, silent_ _country youth, with a face the colour of
the soil._ JINKS--_An old soldier, red, lean, wrinkled, with
very blue eyes. His face is rough-hewn, almost grotesque
like a gargoyle. In his eyes there is a perpetual glint of
humour, and in the poise of his head a certain irrepressible
jauntiness._