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bowl of lettuce she was chopping "Well, what's this now?" she asked quickly "An invasion of Yanks?"

"This is my brother, Roy," I said "Roy, this is Mrs Chester"

"How do you do, ma'am," he said

She looked atthe differences in our looks

"He's visiting froht-hour pass"

"That so?"

"I thought it would be all right for hi to eat while he waits for me to finish," I continued

"Sit yerself down over there," she said nodding at the small table and chairs in the corner "We're 'avin' a fancy shepherd's pie"

Roy raised his eyebrows and looked at ood, Roy Mrs Chester is an excellent cook"

"I do what I got to do," she lanced at Roy "How's the food in the Yank army?" she asked him

Roy laughed

"We don't refer to it as food, ma'am," he said

She stared a hed

"I knohat thather head

I san to set the table Roy rehout the dinner, but when I served the afters, I announced his presence