Smithy, Nobby and Co.

"THE OFFICER," said Private Smithy, of the 1st Anchesters, "is a new officer. It isn't the new kind of uniform, or the new Salvation Army cap, or the new silly way of wearing his shoulder sash. He's a changed officer, if you understand. He don't look no different, and in many ways he's not altered a bit. He still plays polo an' bridge—what's bridge?"
I explained.
"Well, he still does all these things just about as much as ever he did, but I tell you 'e's an astounding blighter in many ways."
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