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What do you propose to do about it ? '' They were strolling slowly through the sopping grass . `` Nothing -- if I can possibly avoid it , '' answered the Sapper firmly . `` You select for an O.P. the most prominent house in the locality -- put a signaller on the top of it with a large flag -- wait till midday , when the sun is at its brightest , and then send a message back that the bully beef is bad . You -- '' `` Laddie , '' interrupted the gunner , `` desist . All that you say is true and more -- but we must stick to the Ritz , if we can . It commands a soul-inspiring view of the trenches behind that new crater in a way we ca n't get from anywhere else .