by greenmountaineer
There are a couple places where I think you should perhaps use hyphens (mud-stained, foul-mouthed) and, as usual, you have a reference I'm not sure I get (Stéphanie--Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, who served in the Red Cross?), but these are just quibbles.
Thanks, Tzara,
I wasn't thinking royalty as much as the local whore from the town of Ypres, France.
If I had to do it over again, the title would be "Chin Up. Carry On."