SOLDIER. You see, soldier! Drop your 'ands, now. There's nothin' for it but a laugh. You an' me know that. Laugh, soldier!
THE MAN. You blarsted—
(THE GIRL springs to him and stops his mouth.)
SOLDIER. It's no use, soldier. I can't do it. I said I'd laugh to-day, and laugh I will. I've come through that, an' all the stink of it; I've come through sorrer. Never again! Cheer-o, mate! The sun's shinin'!
(He turns away.)
THE GIRL. Jack, don't think too 'ard of me!
SOLDIER (looking back). No fear, old pretty girl! Enjoy your fancy! So long! Gawd bless you both!
(He sings and goes along the path, and the song—
I'll be right there to-night
Where the fields are snowy white;
Banjos ringin', darkies singin'—
All the world seems bright!—
fades away.)