He apologized for prying: "I""m terribly sorry I caught you with he old lady." Max intimidated the frizzy-haired Leo by calling him a "pervert: "Then account for yourself! Do you believe in God? Do you believe in gold? Why are you looking up old lady""s dresses? Bit of a pervert, eh?"The self-pitying Max delivered a "rhetorical conversation" with himself about his failed professional life - and how he now resorted to wearing a cardboard belt, and was romancing old ladies as their "last thrill on the way to the cemetery":You know who I used to be? Max Bialystock! The King of Broadway.The unassuming man makes most of his income by writing poetry and sentimental, homespun rhymes for birthday cards and other holiday cards: "Longfellow""s famous.Preparing for the assault on Ant Hill, just before dawn, Dax speaks to his officers in his bunker.Artillery will start at "zero five-fifteen," and the last wave out should be no later than "zero five-forty."On he battlefield, war claims its bitter, useless sacrifice.True to heir promise, the chums meet again." The youngest Cameron son Duke raises his bayonet on the battlefield over a wounded soldier and then abruptly stops.