(Groans.) I am, curse the day I was born.
Re. Off.
But all of you, every one of you has your part to play. If you can’t fight you can save. That’s what the people of New Zealand haven’t realised yet. How many of our patriots have reduced their consumption of petrol or of beer by a single gallon because of their patriotism? Yet that is what they must do. That’s what we all must do.
Men must fight
And women must save
The path of glory for Britons to pave.
(Loveday and Gordon stand a little apart and are talking.)
Gordon.
Ah, this stirs one! I wonder if this is what I ought to do?
Loveday.
(Smilingly shakes her head.) I don’t know.
Gordon.