... Fart Paristonne. Berkeley, who' is «n army captain, wrote “French Leave” while invalided behind the lines during the battle of the Somme. It is a rollicking joke about an English officer’s wife who visited her husband in his rest billet and ran the risk ...

... expected bad not turned up, and he was bored stiff. He always is bored unless you will listen to his account of the battle of the Somme, or hear of the mess mode at Loos. He pretends that he is glad to be in mufti, but I know in his heart of hearts he ...