She's the vaguest old dear in the world.

I found out to-day that she thought there was a long row of cannons, hundreds of them, all in a line, in front of the English Army, and a long row in front of the German Army, and, when there was a battle, that they all blazed away.

So when I asked her whether your husband was in the Life Guards or the Army Service Corps, she said cheerfully that it was either one or the other but she wasn't quite sure.

So do give me some reliable information." "My husband is in the 10th Wessex Fusiliers, a Territorial battalion," she replied coldly.
"I hope some day to have the pleasure of making his acquaintance." "Stranger things have happened," said Betty.

She glanced at the clock and rose abruptly.