One of our V.A.D.'s here has asked a dozen of us out to tea at her own home to-morrow.

I wish I could go! It's the nurse who showed you in.

She's ripping." "I've always heard 'V.A.D.' stands for 'Very Attractive Damsel,'" laughed Winona.
"Don't lose your heart before you're twenty-one, Percy!" said Aunt Harriet, smiling quite indulgently.

"You've two and a half years left yet!" "When a chap's in the Army his age doesn't count!" declared Percy with dignity.
Most of the beds in the ward were empty at present, their owners being outside in the garden.

Only four were occupied.