Not yet could he be taken for one of those actors compelled by the rigorous exactions of creative screen art to let Nature have its course with his beard.

At present he merely needed a shave.
And the collar had not improved with usage.

Also, as the day wore on, coffee with one egg proved to have been not long-enduring fare for this private in the army of the unemployed.

Still, his morale was but slightly impaired.

There were always ways, it seemed.