On stage.
Cigarette box in hand.
FRY
Hello, um, I'd just like to tell you about this cigarette case. It used to belong to my grandfather on my parents' side. He was given it by his god niece as a kind of, uh, lost of virginity present, really. He took it with him to Flunders in 1912 when they were on holiday. Then he took it again in 1915 when he went to fight in the war. Now, what grandfather used to do is, he would keep cigarettes in it. Like this. If he wanted one, he would simply take it out, smoke it. And close the case again. Now, he used to keep his cigarette case, here, in the breast pocket of his field tunic or, his battle blouse. One day grandfather had to go over the top to the trenches into action, and, he was shot by a German sniper. Clean through the temple. Now, if grandfather had worn his cigarette case HERE. Um, it would have an unpleasant dent in it. And I'd be alive today.
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Cigarette box in hand.
FRY
Hello, um, I'd just like to tell you about this cigarette case. It used to belong to my grandfather on my parents' side. He was given it by his god niece as a kind of, uh, lost of virginity present, really. He took it with him to Flunders in 1912 when they were on holiday. Then he took it again in 1915 when he went to fight in the war. Now, what grandfather used to do is, he would keep cigarettes in it. Like this. If he wanted one, he would simply take it out, smoke it. And close the case again. Now, he used to keep his cigarette case, here, in the breast pocket of his field tunic or, his battle blouse. One day grandfather had to go over the top to the trenches into action, and, he was shot by a German sniper. Clean through the temple. Now, if grandfather had worn his cigarette case HERE. Um, it would have an unpleasant dent in it. And I'd be alive today.
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