... shows, exhibition boxing contests, nigger troupeentertainments a list of jollifications, indoors in winter and in the open air in summer, infinite in variety and guaranteed never once to fall ... crutches, bandaged heads, arms in splints, blind men, men with one arm, men with one leg: rank on rank of war's flotsam and jetsam, British, Australians, New Zealanders, Newfoundlanders, Canadians, ... that most of us would not, in any case, caretwopence whether the concerts and films and billiards were an investment or an extravagance: nothing wouldstand in the way of our ambition to provide...