"Our billet is first-class": 4 First World War soldiers in uniform in a drawing room. One is playing the piano and singing, another is holding a crying baby which he is failing to amuse with a rattle, the third is sweeping up with a broom whilst giving the baby side-eye, and the fourth is relaxing in an armchair, smoking a cigar. The woman of the house is standing in the open doorway with her hands clamped to her ears in an attempt to drown out the noise

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