“Well, if you was right out in this trench now I don’t think you’d think there was any special thanks due for your gettin’ me here.”
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“No, ma’am! I don’t! I ain’t hungry for just that kind o’ glory. You bet not. I’ll be satisfied to go home alive.”
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“Oh, Lord, yes! I got plenty to do when I get home.”
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“How’s that? Spoiled? Oh, no, Miss Willa, my life ain’t spoiled yet, but I’ve got a hunch it would be if I got up on that parapet. Oh, no, I’ve got a lot o’ plans. Don’t you worry about that. Ain’t many young fellows gets their life spoiled at twenty-three.”
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“My wife? Sure, she’s left me, all right. An’, Miss Willa, I hope you won’t get mad if I say I think that was really your fault. I’m pretty sure Enid wouldn’t of gone to China ’f you hadn’t kind of mesmerized her and made her go. I think ’f you’d a let her alone, she’d be on the farm now.”
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