"What did he have his arm cut off for?
Couldn't he make himself conspicuous enough in any other way ?" Olga's cheeks flamed.

"He was wounded in action," she said shortly.
Max cocked one corner of his mouth.

"And so entered Parliament in a blaze of glory," he said.

"Vote for the Brave! Vote for the Veteran! Vote for the One-Armed Hero! Never mind his politics! That empty sleeve must have been absolutely invaluable to him in his electioneering days." But joking on this subject was more than Olga could bear.

The sight of the empty sleeve was enough to bring tears to her eyes at times even now.