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Sam considered this for a while, and ended by drawing a folded scrap of paper from his trouser-pocket. "I don't tell no more than can't be 'elped, missie. You just list'n to this." He read: Dear Brother 'Enery, This comes opin' to find you well as it leaves me at Stratford. M. sends her love, an' you will be pleased to 'ear she grows beautifuller every day an' in character likewise.
"He's Johny Canuck, isn't he?" asked Madame, with a feeble attempt at gaiety. "Oh, no, ma'am," cried the mother hastily. "'E's William 'Enery, after 'is paw. We ain't got 'im christened yet. But jist as soon's I can get 'im a dress the pawson, 'e's a foine man, 'e says 'e'll come an' do 'im, an' if my man jist keeps nicely saved, we'll be gettin' a dress. But it's been 'ard on my man.
I suppose I hadn't improved quite so much myself, for he knew me in a moment, and held out his hand. "What, 'Enery!" he says, "you've moved on, then!" "Yes," I says, shaking hands with him, "and I could move on again from this shop without feeling sad. But you've got on a bit?" I says. "So-so," he says, "I'm a journalist."
But in her heart there was reason enough for this caution; there had been days yes, and nights too when, during her lamented husband's lifetime, she had "taken a drop," taken it, obviously enough, as a comfort, and a solace when things were going very hard with her, and "'Enery preferrin' 'er to be jolly 'erself to keep 'im company."
The word flew down the British trench 'It's the 'Ymn! They're singin' the "'Ymn of 'Ate," and every man sat drinking the air in eagerly. This was luck, pure gorgeous luck. Hadn't the Towers, like many another regiment, heard about the famous 'Hymn of Hate, and read it in the papers, and had it declaimed with a fine frenzy by Private 'Enery Irving?
After the Germans had signified their notice of the sentiment by firing a dozen shots at it, 'Enery replaced it by a fresh one, "A baa la Bosh." This notice was left standing, but to 'Enery's annoyance the Germans displayed in return a board which said in plain English, "Good morning." "Ain't that a knock out," said 'Enery disgustedly.
The pilgrimage ends, as it should, at the shrine, that is, where the shrine had been; for the verger, after saying solemnly that they had come to the shrine of St. Thomas, solemnly added, "'Enery the Heighth, when he was in Canterbury, took the bones, which they was laid beneath, out on the green, and had them burned. With them he took the 'oly shrine, which it and bones is here no longer."
"Children!" said Robinson. "Infants, eh? 'ealthy lookin' lot o' infants. There's one now that six-foot chap with the Father Christmas whiskers; 'ow's that for a' infant?" As the Frenchmen filed out some of them smiled and nodded and called cheery good-bys to our men, and 'Enery Irving turned to a man beside him. "This," he said, "is about where some appropriate music should come in the book.
"Yes, sir," said the cook briskly. "Put that boy to bed," said the other, "and see he goes now." "A' right, sir," said the grinning cook. "Come along, 'Enery." With a pale face and a haughty mien, which under other circumstances might have been extremely impressive, Henry, after an entreating glance at the skipper, followed him up the steps.
He reflected a moment, and added with a bright smile, "And what about Sam?" "It's all 'ere" she held out the letter; "an' we got to take it to 'im. 'Enery says that waitin's a weary business, but 'e leaves it to 'er; on'y 'e's just found out there's insanity on 'is side o' the family. That's a bit 'ard on Sam, o' course; but 'Enery doesn' know about Sam's feelin's.
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