Forty Four Whats That Corporal Looked Over His Shoulder

Forty four . What’s that ? The Corporal looked over his shoulder. (а) Who spoke forty four’ ? What … ? (c) What do you mean by …

Answers:

(а) Private Quelch spoke ‘forty four’. He meant to say that a grenade is divided into forty four fragments.
(b) The Corporal was baffled at this sudden, unexpected remark.
(c) ‘Inspected/examined’.