Her man was not to be uneasy about her and the children; they would get along all right.

The government and kind neighbors would look after them.
The soldier in reply was jesting over the somewhat misshapen figure of his wife, saluting the coming citizen, and prophesying that he would be born in a time of great victory.

A kiss to the wife, an affectionate hair-pull for his offspring, and then he had joined his comrades.

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