_A lady watches from the crowd,_
_Enthusiastic, flushed, and proud._
"Oh! there's Sir Henry Dudster! Such a splendid leader!
How pleased he looks! What rows of ribbons on his tunic!
Such dignity ... Saluting ... (_Wave your flag ... now, Freda!_) ...
Yes, dear, I saw a Prussian General once,--at Munich.
"Here's the next carriage!... Jack was once in Leggit's Corps;
That's him!... I think the stout one is Sir Godfrey Stoomer.
They must feel sad to know they can't win any more
Great victories!... Aren't they glorious men?... so full of humour!"