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  ...given that the men were to take things easily for half an hour or so, as the attack could not possibly be developed within that time. The officers established themselves in a splinter-proof shelter at the back of the supporting trench, and partook of provender from their haversacks.
"I don't suppose they'll attack much before nine," said the voice of a stout major named Kemp. "My word, it is dark in here! _And_ dull! Curse the Kaiser!"
"I don't know," said Wagstaffe thoughtfully. War is hell and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time. "
"Such as--!"
"Well, Suffragettes, and Futurism, and--and--"
"Bernard Shaw," suggested another voice. "Hall Caine--"
"Yes, and the Tango, and party politics, and golf-maniacs. Life and Death, and the things that really are big, get viewed in their proper perspective for once in a way."
"And look how the War has bucked up the nation," said Bobby Little, all on fire at once. "Look at the way girls have given up fussing over clothes and things, and taken to nursing."
"My poor...   Hay, Ian

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