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A young officer was at a railway station.
On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of his
train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all
his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone,
so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.
At last an old soldier came by, and the
young officer stopped him and said, "Have you got change for ten
pence?"
"Wait a moment," the old soldier
answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, "I'll see whether I can
help you."
"Don't you know how to speak to an
officer?" the young man said angrily. "Now let's start again. Have you
got change for ten pence?"
"No, sir," the old soldier
answered quickly.