Men, women and guns

Excerpt from Men, Women and Guns Two days ago a dear old aunt of mine asked me to describe to her what shrapnel was like. "What does it feel like to be shelled?" she demanded. "Explain it to me." Under the influence of my deceased uncles most excellent port I did so. Soothed and in that expansive frame of mind induced by the old and bold, I drew her a picture - vivid, startling, wonderful. And when I had finished, the dear old lady looked at me.