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# Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler

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# If you think we're on the run?

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# We are the boys Who will stop your little game

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# We are the boys Who will make you think again

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# Cos who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler

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# If you think old England's done?

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# Mr Brown goes off to town on the 8.21

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# But he comes home each evening And he's ready with his gun

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# So who do you think you are kidding, Mr Hitler

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# If you think old England's done? #

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'On sea and air the struggle continues.

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'Our Army continues to fight with the gallantry of our great tradition.

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'Let us not forget the citizens who, after a hard day's work, go on parade as Local Defence Volunteers.

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'Here, they have a few surprises for any unwelcome enemy visitors.

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'Shortage of weapons is no handicap.

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'Everything that can be used to harass the enemy is pressed into service.

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'They have an unbreakable will and an iron resolve,

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'and if Adolf ever tries to set foot on this green and pleasant land,

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'he'll be chased back into the sea.'

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Right, at ease, everybody.

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Squad...'shun! Stand at ease.

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Squad...'shun!

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Stand at ease.

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Squad...'shun!

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I think it would save time, sir, if we were just to settle for that.

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Yes. We'll go on to the next bit.

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Oh, yes. Squad present and correct, sir.

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-Very smart, Corporal.

-Sir!

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-Where did you get that smart hat?

-Fell off the back of a lorry, sir.

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-Stood up to it well. That needs sharpening.

-It was all right when I carved the joint on Sunday.

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How did you get a joint? I only served you with a pork chop!

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Mind your own business!

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-All right, that'll do.

-He's registered with me, sir.

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-Look after your arms.

-I'd rather have a rifle.

-They'll come soon.

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-Pike, I told you - no mufflers on parade. Grenadier Guards don't wear them, do they?

-I've never looked.

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-They don't!

-I've got a note from my mum.

-Note?! You're in the Army now!

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-I think you ought to read it.

-Oh, very well.

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"Frank is starting with his chest again.

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"If he can't wear his muffler he must come home or he will catch his death."

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He can't wear it on parade!

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It makes the platoon look ludicrous.

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-Perhaps he can wear it on patrol, sir. What time are you on?

-10 till 12.

-It'll be dark then.

-Very well.

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-Take it off now and wear it on patrol.

-(Thank you.)

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-What's this?

-Stones, sir.

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For my catapult.

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This is war, Frazer! We should draw the line at juvenile toys.

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-Yes, sir.

-Ask the sergeant before bringing weapons on parade.

-I did.

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-Oh?

-In the absence of rifles, it seemed a useful medium-range weapon.

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-I used to be a dab hand, sir, when I was a boy.

-That's a long time ago!

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I just hit my target at 100 yards.

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A Belisha beacon, smashed to smithereens!

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Well, put it away. Conkers next(?)

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-Will we get our weapons soon, sir?

-I hope so, Frazer.

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-Thank God!

-Look to your front, Godfrey!

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Take that smile off your face. This is a military inspection, not an advertisement.

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At ease!

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I'll read the notices, then we'll carry on with unarmed combat.

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-Unarmed combat, just about our mark!

-Pay attention.

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Now, Mrs Samways, the guide mistress, has requested that when we do arms drill in the guide hut,

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we omit the order "slope arms".

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The points of your halberds went through the roof and when it rains she has to send half her troop home.

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We have to be careful we don't get ourselves a bad name with other organisations. Here is an example.

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Mrs Samways has also complained that last night her assistant, Miss Beckwith,

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was followed home by one of our men,

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who, she alleges, shone a torch on her legs and muttered, "Cor, what a pair of gamaroos!"

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That's not the sort of thing I want to hear about my unit. Pike, Walker, Jones - you were all on patrol.

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-I won't ask who did it. It mustn't happen again.

-Permission to speak.

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-Yes, Corporal?

-I'd like to confess, it was me.

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I'm surprised at you, Jones.

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I don't know what come over me.

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Don't let it come over you again.

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Very embarrassing for a young girl. Supposing it had been Mrs Samways?

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-That would have been all right.

-Why?

-I wouldn't have bothered!

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-Silence in the ranks!

-There's one more thing.

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-You'll be pleased to hear the Spitfire Fund stands at £3 9/4d.

-Awfully good, sir!

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-Now, on the word "move", gather round for a further lecture on unarmed combat.

-All right.

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Off you go. In a circle. Pay attention, everybody.

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-Are you volunteering to be attacker again, Jones?

-We've got to do something, sir, with no rifles yet.

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Yes, Jones.

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Last night, we dealt with countermeasures against an assailant with a dagger...

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Yes, yes! In view of last night's incident, we'll dispense with this.

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-That's probably very wise. Use that one.

-May we?

-Right, sir.

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Now... Having taken the blow under the knife on the left forearm,

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you will recall that the next move is to grasp the assailant by the wrist...so. Is that it, Sergeant?

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Yes, sir. That's where we got before the doctor arrived.

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Next, we knock out our opponent, either with the hand against

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the throat, a knee in the groin,

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or jab two fingers in his eyes.

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-Stand behind, Wilson, in case he falls.

-All right.

-It's all right.

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I shan't fall over. I won yesterday!

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This jabbing in the eyes business - what happens if he's wearing specs, like him?

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That's a good question. The chaps in Whitehall who wrote this manual have thought of that.

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They recommend that you shove the index and second fingers up the assailant's nostrils.

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Unpleasant business, but it IS war.

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And what do you do if he's wearing a gas mask?

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Ah! Now, that's a very good question. Isn't it, Sergeant?

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Yes, indeed it is, sir. It's a very good question.

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What do we do if he's wearing a service respirator?

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Call things by the proper name.

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-Anything in the manual?

-Nothing, sir.

-There you are.

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Even the Whitehall johnnies have not considered it.

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But they are not frontline fighting troops like we are.

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What do we do? I'll tell you what. We improvise. Put on your gas mask.

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-Service respirator, sir!

-Quite right, Sergeant. I am subject to human weakness like any of us.

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-Do you mind...? ..Mind holding that, please?

-Yes, of course.

-Corporal!

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-This is supposed to be in a state of instant readiness!

-They're cat pieces for Mrs Forster's cat.

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She helps me count the coupons in the evening, so I see her cat right.

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Now...we can't put our fingers in his eyes,

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or up his nostrils.

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Which is presumably why you asked the question, Frazer.

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What are we to do? Any suggestions?

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-Breathe on his window!

-Breathe...?!

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That doesn't really work, you see.

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You blew. You should have "huh"-ed.

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-I see. Would you care to have a go, Sergeant?

-It's the celluloid material, sir. It doesn't steam up.

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It's getting steamed up in here!

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That's the answer, sir. Just hold him till he gets steamed up!

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Possibly. Thank you. Ah! I have it! We cut off the air supply.

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Place a palm against the air intake, or in the case of the service respirator, squeeze the tube.

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Now, you know as well as I do that however tough a fighter is, be he Nazi stormtrooper, SS or just Fritz,

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he cannot survive long without an air supply...

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-Get his gas mask off!

-Service respirator, sir!

-Get it off!

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-Are you feeling better now, Jones?

-Oh! Sorry, sir. I was overcome, sir.

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-It wasn't your fault.

-No, sir. I wouldn't normally snuff out, sir.

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My mor-OLE's shattered, sir.

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I try to keep it from the men, but what can you do with a shattered morOLE?

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-Yes, I'm terribly sorry. I feel entirely responsible.

-It's not you.

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It's the women. They come in the shop trying to get a bit on the side.

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I'd like to oblige them, but I can't, sir.

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I mean, what can I say to them?

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I'm used to joints, Mr Mainwaring.

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Sirloins, topsides, spare ribs, wing ribs.

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Legs of lamb, legs of pork, of all sizes and descriptions.

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You mention it, I've sliced it, sir.

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Now, all I can give them is a measly 1s/10d.

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They don't realise the precision involved.

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You're slicing it with a shaky hand, put it on the scales, 4d light - all hell let loose.

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-It happens to all of us.

-Remember there's a war on.

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I'm sitting in the shop with just a couple of rabbits hanging up, and a tin of corned beef in the window.

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If that ain't bad enough, after I've finished work and had me cup of tea,

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I take me assegai out and sharpen it up a bit and come on down to parade,

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and I think, "They're going to give me a rifle tonight", but there never is.

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There never is!

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-Our first casualty, Wilson.

-Yes.

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-I'm surprised at Jones.

-I had my doubts.

-Nonsense. He's only dying for a crack at Jerry, like us all.

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-Unless we get...

-Oh!

-..rifles soon, morale will drop to rock bottom.

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Right. I'll put a stop to this.

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-Tell them I will see they get rifles this week.

-Any idea...?

-Don't argue, just do it.

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I don't know what we'd do without you, Mr Mainwaring.

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You're our inspiration.

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The hour...

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and the man.

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# If ever a heart was in the right place to beat strong... #

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-Anything else?

-Only this - Mr Adams from the music shop.

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-He issued that cheque and there was nothing to meet it.

-He's not doing very well, is he?

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He over-orders. He has 400 records of We'll Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line.

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-He won't get rid of those now.

-No.

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-Can we heat them to make nut bowls?

-There are no nuts, sir!

-Poor fellow.

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-But he's got the right spirit, Wilson.

-Oh, yes, indeed.

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We're slow to rouse in this country. We don't like wars and bloodshed.

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But once we knuckle down, we fight best. He should keep his records.

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We WILL hang out our washing on the Siegfried Line!

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-Cash his cheque.

-All right, sir.

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-Any news from HQ?

-No, not a thing.

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I think you were hasty, promising rifles before the end of the week.

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-Well, I had to tell them something. Boost morale.

-Yes.

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-As you're busy, I thought you might like your tea in here, sir.

-Ah, Miss King, very kind of you. Put it down.

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-What a nice girl.

-Charming.

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-Just look at that, Wilson.

-What's that, sir?

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Not a single currant in it.

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-Remember the buns full of fruit we had before?

-Yes, marvellous. Look!

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-I'm lucky. Look!

-You got the wrong one.

-You left it behind, sir!

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-Well, at least give me a currant.

-Of course. There.

-You dropped it!

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-So sorry...

-You are a clumsy fellow!

-Please don't panic, sir.

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-It must be here.

-I'll have to do without.

-Colonel Square to see you.

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-I don't know a Colonel Square. Do you?

-Me neither, sir.

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Marsham Hall? Wonder what he wants.

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-Show him in, Miss King.

-Yes, sir.

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Main-waring?

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-Ah! Do sit down, Colonel.

-Thank you.

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-It's pronounced Mannering.

-Why the devil don't you spell it Mannering?

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-You the LDV fella?

-Yes.

-I'll come straight to the point.

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So far, the War Office have no job for me. A man of my experience!

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-Four years in the desert, 1915-19. Heard of El-Lawrence?

-Beg pardon?

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El-Lawrence, man, El-Lawrence!

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What do you see in your mind's eye when I say that word, El-Lawrence?

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I'm not very sure. What do you see in your mind's eye, Wilson?

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-An ice cream, sir?

-No, that's Eldorado!

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-No, no, no! I'm talking about Lawrence of Arabia!

-Oh, I see.

-I served with him. Ah!

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..Got it!

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Damn good eye for a fly, you know.

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Sir, look! The one that got away!

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Oh! Aha! Thank you!

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I say! Do you always eat 'em?!

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We can't afford to waste them!

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Very hard to come by in wartime.

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How extraordinary!

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-Well, now, when do I take over?

-Take over?!

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The platoon, man! If I'm joining, I have to take over.

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I'm the captain and Wilson's the sergeant. We might need a corporal.

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Corporal?! Are you mad?

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Either I'm in complete charge or I don't join. Another platoon would welcome me...and my rifles.

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-Rifles?!

-Yes, about 20. Don't you want them?

-Of course!

-So do others.

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I know it's a blow. You chaps want to be generals overnight.

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Know nothing about soldiering.

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War is a serious professional business,

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calling for men trained in guerrilla warfare, like me.

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March your men to my house at 6.30 and I'll make soldiers out of you.

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Don't be late. There's work to do.

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-Of all the damned impertinence!

-It's going to be awfully difficult.

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-Difficult?

-It's a terrible decision for you, sir.

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-What decision? Can't have that old fool in command.

-He IS a DSO.

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I'm not saying he's not a brave old fool. No doubt he is. Plenty cheek!

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-He's commanded guerrillas.

-In 1917. Does he know modern warfare?

-Do we?

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-Are you suggesting I should stand down?

-I'm not suggesting anything.

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It'd have to be your own decision.

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But our unit isn't like Arabs in the desert. Our men are British. They've got to be led, not bullied.

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You need the right personality.

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I see that point, sir. But which is the most important weapon -

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your personality or his rifles?

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# Blue skies are round the corner

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# Walk round the corner with me... #

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Well, are they here yet? What?

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The rifles. We're living on promises, Frazer.

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Well, I'm not marching through the streets any more with this thing.

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Kids shout, "Mister, can we borrow your toasting fork?"

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Quite right. One offered to lend me his toy cap pistol.

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He offered it to me too. I took it.

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We'll be lucky to get rifles in time to salute victory! What's he doing?

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Telephoning HQ.

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The matter is very urgent. ..Yes, I'll hold on. ..The quartermaster.

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-I see.

-Sir.

-Yes, Walker?

-I've been on the blower to a geezer in the Smoke. I can get you the rifles.

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-£18 a time.

-Out of the question, Walker.

-Where do they come from?

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Ah, well, you don't ask, do you? He's very reliable, this geezer.

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Used to knock them off for the IRA.

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-He's prepared to throw in ten rounds per magazine, special offer.

-Sorry.

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Got a Lewis gun for £100.

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£100? That seems rather a lot.

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I told him he was being greedy. Come here. I look at it this way.

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That bank of yours is full of oncers. Only you two count them.

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Your suggestion is outrageous, Walker! Kindly rejoin your platoon.

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Well, if you change your mind.

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Hey - meals bonds, quid each?

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No!

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Hello? Mainwaring here. It's about these rifles, sir.

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..But couldn't you let me have half a dozen?

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There's divisions of ruthless armed men across the Channel, and I've only got pick handles. ..I see.

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Oh, very well. Thank you.

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-No luck.

-No luck?

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-Your paper, sir.

-Thank you, Pike. ..Just look at that.

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-Mmm? Oh, she's rather attractive!

-Not that! Here!

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"Invasion barges moving down from the north." And my men unarmed.

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-Pity you promised.

-It's not that.

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If Hitler kicks off, this town will go down in history for stopping him.

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We can do it - IF we have guns.

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There's only one solution, Wilson.

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My personal pride must not stand in the way of the defence of the realm.

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-Call the men in. We're marching... to Marsham Hall.

-All right.

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# It's a hap-hap-happy day For you and me, for us and we

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# All the clouds have rolled away It's a hap-hap-happy day

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# Toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-ay

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# The sun shines bright And the world's all right

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# It's a hap-hap-happy day... #

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Platoon 1, B Company, Local Defence Volunteers reporting to Col Square.

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Tradesmen's entrance round the back.

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# ..It's a hap-hap-happy day!

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# Four and twenty sunbeams Are dancing round my face

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# Four score and twenty more Are dancing every place

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# It's a hap-hap-happy day Toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-ay

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# You can't go wrong If you sing a song... #

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Squad...halt!

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Left turn.

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Well, you may wonder why I've brought you here.

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I am placing this unit

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under the command of Col Square. I am doing this

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because he has the knowledge to turn you into a fine fighting unit. He also has the rifles.

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-I think you will find in him an officer of distinction...

-Charge!

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Your first lesson, Captain! A man mounted is superior to one on foot.

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-He seems a bit doolally.

-You gave us a bit of a start, sir.

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Exactly. And we'll give the Hun a start.

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Fast, mobile, mounted patrols striking from the hills.

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Squad...'shun!

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-Left...turn!

-FEET CRUNCH ON GRAVEL

-Quick...march!

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Did you hear that, Wilson? Absurd. Cavalry went out with the ark.

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Humour him. We need those rifles.

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# Let's celebrate Let's get that holiday spirit

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# We've got our hair down now

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# Let's shout it out So everybody can hear it... #

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LAUGHTER DROWNS SONG

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# It's a hap-hap-happy day Toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-ay

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# For you and me... #

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These are your chargers.

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The horse is a noble, faithful and obedient animal.

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He has marched side by side with man along the road to civilisation,

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proving himself a staunch friend. Wilson, MAINwaring, get 'em mounted.

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Stand still or I'll turn you into glue!

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# It's a hap-hap-happy day Toodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-oodle-ay

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# You can't go wrong If you sing this song

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# It's a hap-hap-happy day...! #

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Come along, men! Sit up straight. Be proud of your horses.

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-Shall I ring for the ambulance now, sir?

-Ground's soft. We may be lucky.

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They're fine-looking animals.

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-..Did the colonel breed 'em?

-No, sir. He's looking after them.

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They belong to Bailey's Circus.

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Come on, now! Sit up straight!

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You're like sacks of sherbet!

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Here, man, take this sabre.

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What the hell are you doing?! Take the sabre in your hand!

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I can't! I'm hanging onto me horse!

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Duck! Duck!

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Duck! Duck!

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Help! Hang on, Jonesey! I'll save you!

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Sir, we've got more chance against Hitler with you and pikes than with him and four-footed dragons!

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That's good of you, Frazer. I've only allowed you to go through all this because we need the rifles.

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Here's the rifles, sir. Have a look at them.

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Great heavens! This is war, not The Desert Song. We've been hoodwinked.

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-Wilson, march the platoon back to the church hall.

-Sir.

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# Good night, children every-y-where! #

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-"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, And blaming it on you..."

-Sir!

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-The men are waiting for you to talk to them.

-Don't panic, Wilson.

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I think you were rash, promising rifles before the end of the week.

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A commander has to take decisions. That's what makes him a leader.

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-TELEPHONE RINGS

-This may be good news. ..Mainwaring.

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Yes. ..Yes.

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..Oh. I see. Thank you very much.

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-News of the rifles, sir?

-No, I'm afraid not.

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A message from GHQ to say we are no longer the Local Defence Volunteers.

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From now on, we're the Home Guard.

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-It sounds rather nice, sir.

-It'll frighten the Germans to death(!)

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Now they face an unarmed pack of Home Guards instead of an unarmed pack of Local Defence Volunteers!

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-Tell the men I'm coming.

-What will you say?

-I don't know.

-..Right, sir.

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-KNOCK

-Come in.

-Captain MAIN-waring, sir?

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-Mannering, yes.

-Oh! Evening, sir.

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I've got 500 armbands for you, sir.

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-LDV? You're a bit late, aren't you?

-I got here as soon as I could, sir. Sign here, sir.

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And here, sir.

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And, er...over the page, sir.

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-Once more.

-Oh, for Heaven's sake!

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Thank you, sir. Put the rest of the stuff by the door, Bert. 'Night, sir.

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-Good night.

-That's right. Nice and tidy there. Good lad.

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-Sir, the men are still waiting.

-Thank you, Wilson.

-Have you decided what you're going to say to them?

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Yes. I'll thank the men and tell them their trust in their leader was not misplaced.

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Oh! That's rather good.

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DISGRUNTLED MURMURS >

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HOORAY!

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