"DEAR L——" (it ran),—"Yes, the rabbits have had their food. The biggest of them swallowed it all most satisfactorily.
"Your loving ELLIS."
"AND I SUPPOSE YOU WILL BE DEMOBILISED AS SOON AS YOU GET OUT OF HOSPITAL?"
"OH, NO, MUM. YOU SEE, I WAS A SOLDIER IN CIVVY LIFE."
Hostess. "WHAT! GOING ALREADY, DEARS? IT'S VERY EARLY."
Little Girl. "YES—WE HAVE TO GO ON TO ANOTHER PARTY. WE'RE SORRY, BUT—YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR."