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and as for his so-called cowardice...
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that were like a wound in battle, a wound to his brain,
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so he didn't know what he was doing.
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He were a good and decent lad.
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Of course he was.
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But doesn't that make him a casualty of war, m'lord?
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Same as our William or any of them.
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He could have stayed here,
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safe and well, until they came for him.
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But instead, he chose to fight for his country.
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It may surprise you to learn, Mrs Patmore,
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but I agree with you,