When you shout like mad for the men to come and dig you out, under all the earth.

And my word, you do feel frightened then." Herbertson laughed with a twinkling motion to Lilly.

But between his brows there was a tension like madness.
"And a funny thing you know--how you don't notice things.

In--let me see--1916, the German guns were a lot better than ours.

Ours were old, and when they're old you can't tell where they'll hit: whether they'll go beyond the mark, or whether they'll fall short.