I know what 'e meant, now...." "And what about Sherrie ?" asked Sarah Brown.
"Oh, Sherrie, 'e never writes to me.

But 'e promised too to come back in the Spring, an' so 'e will, for there ain't no Boche bullet that can 'it a magic man." "It's springtime now," said Sarah Brown.
"It's springtime now," repeated Peony.

"Ow, it's wonderful, seems like as if I was gettin' too much given me, so as I can never repay.

But I'm keepin' count, I'm not forgettin'.

It ain't long now before I'll pay my debt.