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Helen Grote was seated between Robin and Jim Lethbridge in the first row of stalls at a _revue_ at the Monarchy. She had given up the attempt to find coherence in the plot of it, and, indeed, Robin had told her that she was on the wrong tack altogether, because _revues_ did not have plots.
"Get in the proper mood, mother," he said. "Don't expect anything at all, and enjoy what you get. Oh, what a ripping scene! And there's Diana Coombe in khaki. Hi! Jim! Don't you wish there were some Tommies like that in the regiment?"