You are a nurse in a military hospital during the First World War. He is a soldier who received a letter with bad news.

When we were in the war,

When we were in the war

Every man though about his

Beloved or about his wife,

Every man though about his

Beloved or about his wife.

And I, of course, might well have thought

And I, of course, might well have thought

While looking at my pipe

And its bluish smoke,

While looking at my pipe

And its bluish smoke,

About how you used to lie to me,

About how you used to lie to me,

And the fact that you already

Given your girlish heart away to someone else long before

And the fact that you already

Given your girlish heart away to someone else long before

I'm just waiting for a reliable bullet,

I'm just waiting for a reliable bullet,

That will quell my grief

And put an end to our enmity!

(Song «When we were at war» - Russian folk)