Edmund: You want me to sit in no-man's-land, painting pictures of the Germans.
Melchett: Precisely! Good man!
Edmund: Well, it's a very attractive proposition, gentlemen, but unfortunately not practical. You see, my medium is light. It'll be pitch dark; I won't be able to see a thing.
Melchett: Ah, hmm, that is a point. I tell you what. We'll send up a couple of flares. You'll be lit up like a Christmas tree.