I have come up 'ane's errand,' as your people hereabouts say, to talk to you like a schoolmaster, Lewie.

Do you mind a good talking-to ?" "I need it," he said.

"Only it won't do any good, because I have been talking to myself for a month without effect.

Do you know what I am, Tommy ?" "I am prepared to hear," said the other.
"A coward! It sounds nice, doesn't it?
I am a shirker, a man who would be drummed out of any regiment." "Rot!" said Wratislaw.

"In that sort of thing you have the courage of your kind.