The two men on the bus were obviously exchanging experiences. The big man on the outside seat chuckled: “ Yes, she’s just lik'e my wife. Sadie will have it that I’m a heavy sleeper, but that the merest whisper wakes her up. Yet I heard the siren first. 1 had to shout to her. She wanted to know what F was making -such a fuss about. * Air raid warning,’ I told her. ‘ Oh, is that all?’ she'asked, rubbing the cobwebs from her eyes. ‘ I was afraid you were going to tell me that you thought you’d heard a mouse.’ " ©
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Evening Star, Issue 23687, 21 September 1940, Page 9
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