Return Of The Heroes
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!"
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