Into his mind there flashed the picture of a German officer's face--distorted with terror--cringing: just as a pick came down.... "Yes, girl, I remember," he answered softly. "I remember. But, thank God! I'm sane again now." * * * * * And now I will ring down the curtain. For Jim Denver the black and white have gone; even the grey of the Land of Topsy Turvy is hazy and indistinct. The guns are silent: the men and the women are--sane. The shepherd is out of sight amongst the trees; the purple is changing to grey, the grey to black; there is no sound saving only the tireless murmur of the river.... THE END * * * * * Transcriber's Notes Herman Cyril McNeile was an officer in the Royal Engineers who published under the pseudonym "Sapper". Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Hyphen added: "bed[-]rock" (p. 303). Hyphen removed: "ward[-]room" (p. 167), "sand[-]bags" (p. 188), "stock[-]broker" (p. 265). The following words are inconsistently hyphenated but have not been changed: "dug[-]out", "half[-]way", "sand[-]bags", "sign[-]post", "super[-]human", "table[-]cloth". Page 291: "Panting Lizze" changed to "Panting Lizzie".