Paul Ruttledge. Did they think it was a just war?
Colonel Lawley. That was not their business. They had taken the Queen's pay. They would have disgraced themselves if they had not gone.
Paul Ruttledge. Is it not the doctrine of your Christian Church, of your Catholic Church, that he who fights in an unjust war, knowing it to be unjust, loses his own soul?
Colonel Lawley. I should like to know what would happen to the country if there weren't soldiers to protect it.
Paul Ruttledge. We are not discussing the country, we are discussing the Christian life. Has this gentleman lived the Christian life?
All the Tinkers. He has not!
Paddy Cockfight. His sergeant tried to enlist me, giving me a shilling, and I drunk.
Tommy the Song. [Singing.]
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
Charlie Ward. Stop your mouth, Tommy. This is not your show. [To Paul Ruttledge.] Are you going to put a fine on the Colonel? If so I'd like his cloak.