He creates war machines because he’s hired to do so. (I wouldn’t mind having a mechanical butler that brought me hot chocolate!) He’s seldom on the battlefield because he’s more of an inventor than a fighter. The beginning of the story deals with the Major creating machines suitable for warfare but also useful for peacetime. Corporal Tuesday is almost as interesting as the major, as he is handy, industrious, intelligent and mechanically gifted. Major Monday is also aided and abetted in his dreams and creations by a very able amanuensis, the equally quirkily named Corporal Tuesday. This is a curious fairy tale, one that takes a story about building a submarine and combines it fancifully with the tale of a carefree mermaid and the man who supposedly loves her.
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