go to the Protestant Church because it didn't cost them anything,
and some of them to never go near a church at all. That's what
you call good men!

O'FLAHERTY. Oh, you're the mighty fine politician, aren't you?
Much you know about Belgians or foreign parts or the world you're
living in, God help you!

MRS O'FLAHERTY. Why wouldn't I know better than you? Amment I
your mother?

O'FLAHERTY. And if you are itself, how can you know what you
never seen as well as me that was dug into the continent of
Europe for six months, and was buried in the earth of it three
times with the shells bursting on the top of me? I tell you I
know what I'm about. I have my own reasons for taking part in
this great conflict. I'd be ashamed to stay at home and not fight
when everybody else is fighting.

MRS O'FLAHERTY. If you wanted to fight, why couldn't you fight in
the German army?

O'FLAHERTY. Because they only get a penny a day.

MRS O'FLAHERTY. Well, and if they do itself, isn't there the
French army?

O'FLAHERTY. They only get a hapenny a day.

MRS O'FLAHERTY [much dashed]. Oh murder! They must be a mean lot,