Quality street : a comedy in four acts . imeswished there were vivandieres in the BritishArmy. {For a moment she sees herself as one.)Oh, Sergeant, a shudder goes through me whenI see you in the streets enticing those pooryoung men. SERGEANT If you were one of them, maam, and deathor glory was the call, you would take theshilling, maam. PHOEBE Oh, not for that. SERGEANT For King and Country, maam ? PHOEBE {Grandly) Yes, yes, for that. SERGEANT {Candidly) Not that it is all fighting. Thesack of captured towns—the loot. 15 Qttality Street [act PHOEBE {P/oudly) An English soldier never sacksnor l
Quality street : a comedy in four acts . imeswished there were vivandieres in the BritishArmy. {For a moment she sees herself as one.)Oh, Sergeant, a shudder goes through me whenI see you in the streets enticing those pooryoung men. SERGEANT If you were one of them, maam, and deathor glory was the call, you would take theshilling, maam. PHOEBE Oh, not for that. SERGEANT For King and Country, maam ? PHOEBE {Grandly) Yes, yes, for that. SERGEANT {Candidly) Not that it is all fighting. Thesack of captured towns—the loot. 15 Qttality Street [act PHOEBE {P/oudly) An English soldier never sacksnor loots. SERGEANT No, maam. And then—the girls. PHOEBE What girls ? SERGEANT In the towns that—that we dont sack. PHOEBE How they must hate the haughty conqueror. SERGEANT We are not so haughty as all that. PHOEBE {Sadly) I think I understand. I am afraid,Sergeant, you do not tell those poor youngmen the noble things I thought you told them. SERGEANT Maam, I must een tell them what they arewishful to hear. There ha been five, maam,i6. Phoebe Tou know how gallantly he swings his cane ih \ i i (1
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