And both the others found their missions

In manufacturing munitions.

I was a City man. I knew

No useful trade. What could I do?

Your Granddad, boy, was not the sort

To yield to fate; he was a sport.

I set to work; I rose at six,

Summer and winter; chopped the sticks,

Kindled the fire, made early tea

For Aunties and the V.A.D.