The colonel nodded.
"I'm not frightened of worms, and you're no more scared of 'em than you was of Boney. They're welcome to my animal body, after I've finished with it."
"Finished with it?"
"Well, there's a natural body, and there's a spiritual body, isn't there?"
"That's quoting Authority. That's as good as Queen's Regulations."
"Better," said Storm. "Won't be monkeyed with by the War Office. I've heard soldiers growsing before now."
"Bravo! Excellent!"
"Well, the worms get the natural body, and the angels get the spiritual body."
"We shall rise in our bodies at the Last Day. That's Authority too."
"Yes, if it says 'in our animal bodies.' I've seen some I'd hate to repair if I was the carpenter."