Yellow Canary Page #2

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Another bit about Sally. Dragging our

name through the mud! Leave it there.

A mistake. A great mistake ever

letting her go to Germany. My fault.

'London in der vergangenen Nacht

von der Luftwaffe angegriffen.

'Die Bevolkerung von London

ist vollkommen terrorisiert.

'Alle bleiben im Luftschutzkeller...

KNOCK ON DOOR:

Sir William and Her Ladyship are

at breakfast, Miss Sally. Thank you.

'...ein wichtiges Gebaude in London

erhielt einen Volltreffer.'

Sometimes I think it was my fault

for ever having produced her. Betty!

Hello, Mother! Darling!

Hello, Dad. Good to see you.

How long have you got?

48. Where were you?

The other end of nowhere!

Nothing to eat for ages.

You must be starving.

Have a cup of coffee. I'd love one.

Miss Betty! Reynolds, how are you?

In exceptional health.

What's that? Scrambled eggs?

Dehydrated. They look all right.

They have a resemblance to scrambled

eggs. May I help you? Thank you.

It's grand to be home.

One saccharin or two? One, please.

Betty, what are you doing here?

48 hours' leave. Do you mind?

Morning, Mother. Morning, my dear.

Morning, Dad. Eh? Oh, morning.

Are those eggs real?

Quite real, but not the old-fashioned sort.

Toast and butter for me.

Margarine, Miss Sally.

There you are, Miss Betty.

Plenty of butter and eggs in Canada.

Won't that be nice? Betty, dear!

Sorry, Mother. This is an occasion.

Sally's last breakfast before her

departure to the land of plenty.

And safety. Won't you be glad,

all of you? The post, my lady.

Thank you.

It's from Jack. He's all right.

What does he say?

Wait a minute, dear. Wait a minute.

Listen, everyone. He says,

"Unless you're very careful, you

will have a DSO in the family."

A DSO? By Gad, that's fine,

that's splendid! That's pretty good.

You're not excited

about your brother's decoration.

I've just got one of my own.

"A canary is a yellow bird."

More humour! Exhibit A!

You've earned it! Well, I've got it.

We used to be a

happy, united family.

We're not now and what's the

use of pretending we are?

Family or no family,

Sally's behaving disgracefully!

May I have some coffee?

Yes. Oh, have another cup.

You think it's fun to be the sister

of the notorious Sally Maitland?

So I'm spoiling the fun

of your little game of tin sailors!

That's a rotten thing to say.

Men and women in uniform

and out of uniform

fighting the foulest thing

that's happened in the world

and you behave without

decency or patriotism!

You forget. I've lived in Germany.

How can we forget?

I know what's happening there.

And what they're fighting for?

Girls! What are YOU fighting for?

Amongst other things, freedom.

Does that include freedom

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