(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._)
THE MAN. 'E's mad.
THE GIRL (_looking down the path, with her hands clasped_). The
sun 'as touched 'im, Jim!
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