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The second-in-command officer stationed in Stanhope’s trenches before Osborne and his group take over. Before Hardy leaves, he overlaps with Osborne so that he can “hand off” the duties and fill Osborne in on anything he might need to know before his six-day shift. Hardy is a good-natured but rather sloppy man who can’t wait to vacate the trenches—so much so that he leaves them dirty, failing to clean them like he’s supposed to. While “handing off,” he and Osborne talk about Stanhope, and Hardy expresses his admiration for the man’s ability to drink large quantities. He also suggests that Osborne should be the one leading the infantry, but Osborne brushes this off, saying that he’d “go to hell with” Stanhope if he had to.
Hardy Quotes in Journey’s End
The Journey’s End quotes below are all either spoken by Hardy or refer to Hardy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1 Quotes
OSBORNE: He’s a long way the best company commander we’ve got.
HARDY: Oh, he’s a good chap, I know. But I never did see a youngster put away the whisky he does. D’you know, the last time we were out resting at Valennes he came to supper with us and drank a whole bottle in one hour fourteen minutes—we timed him.
OSBORNE: I suppose it amused everybody; I suppose everybody cheered him on, and said what a splendid achievement it was.
HARDY: He didn’t want any ‘cheering’ on—
OSBORNE: No, but everybody thought it was a big thing to do. [There is a pause.] Didn’t they?
HARDY: Well, you can’t help, somehow, admiring a fellow who can do that—and then pick out his own hat all by himself and walk home—
OSBORNE: When a boy like Stanhope gets a reputation out here for drinking, he turns into a kind of freak show exhibit. People pay with a bottle of whisky for the morbid curiosity of seeing him drink it.
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In this conversation, Osborne and Hardy discuss Stanhope’s drinking habits. Osborne has just arrived in the dugout, where he and his men will take over from Hardy, the previous captain commanding the trenches. When Hardy expresses his awe regarding Stanhope’s unfathomable alcohol tolerance, Osborne allows an edge of frustration—or disapproval—to slip into his voice. “I suppose it amused everybody,” he says in response to Hardy’s story about Stanhope in Valennes. “I suppose everybody cheered him on, and said what a splendid achievement it was.” Saying this, Osborne assumes a somewhat fatherly tone, one that gently admonishes Hardy for encouraging Stanhope Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaque. Deleniti nisi earum. Ad tenetur laboriosam. Eum accusamus harum. Accusantium iusto volupta
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Hardy Character Timeline in Journey’s End
The timeline below shows where the character Hardy appears in Journey’s End. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Act 1
It is Monday, March 18th, 1918, and Captain Hardy is drying his wet sock over a candle flame. He sits in the dugout of...
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Hardy mentions to Osborne that “the big German attack’s expected any day now,” and Osborne points...
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Osborne tells Hardy they’re expecting a new officer, and Hardy says, “I hope you get better luck than...
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...it till his nerves have got battered to bits, he’s called a drunkard,” says Osborne. Hardy tells a story about how Stanhope recently had an argument while playing cards and suddenly...
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Just before Hardy leaves, he pauses and looks at the table. “Why, that earwig. It’s been running round...
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...into the kitchen to bring out soup. The first thing Stanhope does is ask if Hardy left without cleaning the trenches. Then he sees Raleigh, and he doesn’t know what to...
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