They shoot Jaures, because he socialiste. The socialists are traitors to the International but all de samee....”
“But how can they make people fight if they dont want to?”
“In Europe people are slaves for thousands of years. Not like ’ere.... But I’ve seen war. Very funny. I tended bar in Port Arthur, nutten but a kid den. It was very funny.”
“Gee I wish I could get a job as warcorrespondent.”
“I might go as a Red Cross nurse.”
“Correspondent very good ting.... Always drunk in American bar very far from battlefield.”
They laughed.
“But arent we rather far from the battlefield, Herf?”
“All right let’s dance. You must forgive me if I dance very badly.”
“I’ll kick you if you do anything wrong.”