“It's the smile that makes you happy, It's the smile that makes you sad.”
Handsome watched him, grinning.
Suddenly they both burst out laughing.
“An' the damn fool thinks he's in a school battalion,” said Handsome in his shrill voice.
“It'll be another kind of a battalion you'll be in, Skinny,” cried Bill Huggis. He stifled his laughter with a long drink from the bottle.
He smacked his lips.
“Not so goddam bad,” he said. Then he started humming again:
“It's the smile that makes you happy, It's the smile that makes you sad.”
“Have some, Skinny?” said Handsome, pushing the bottle towards Andrews.
“No, thanks,” said Andrews.