Baby is puzzled.What rotten luck. and relaxed. she said.

 the window open and the sunlight coming into the room
 the window open and the sunlight coming into the room. They had the complete marble quality of all looking alike.After a while I walked with her to the door of the villa and she went in and I walked home. I have to go. I saw he wore gloves.Which side is it onHere. Where it had run down under my shirt it was warm and sticky. A regiment went by in the road and I watched them pass. Whats the matter with you Do you want us to come outside and get himThe two stretcher bearers picked up the man under the arms and by the legs and brought him in. That made the bed damp and cool. At first it dropped slowly and regularly.It wasnt that way with the granatieri.Defeat is worse. lifting the spaghetti on the fork until the loose strands hung clear then lowering it into the mouth. I said.

You must go on leave at once. But dont be a fool. dry and white in the sun. It is very informative. isnt itWhat gameDont be dull. Mr. We crossed the brickyard. I said. Youre a very good boy. the lieutenant said. I made sure he was dead. We went on and passed the regiment about a mile ahead. The afternoon was a quiet time.How are you. That is true.

Rinaldi looked at me blankly. lieutenant. No.No.This isnt a deep dugout. You dont have to pretend you love me. Go on. You go away sototenente! You come back sotocolonello! They all laughed. It was the first time I had ever heard her laugh.You should not let us talk this way.I thought you said he was a Frenchman. because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way. The major said there was an Italian story something like that about the duchess who could not sleep at night. Why did you join up with the ItaliansI was in Italy.Were not far from the top.

 But Im back now. It would have been impolite not to have known something of them when I had listened to such a splendid explanation of their causes which were.You drive. one of the captains said. Ireland of Wisconsin. he said.Arent you a nurseOh. and a few more houses had been hit by shell fire. then finally it climbed quite fast. He said there was so much dirt blown into the wound that there had not been much hemorrhage. blunt-nosed ambulances. Goodby. Maria. If there is a war I suppose we must attack. They splashed more mud than the camions even and if one of the officers in the back was very small and sitting between two generals.

 marched as though they were six months gone with child. with strange planes. I saw a third range of mountains. then came the chuh chuhchuh chuh then there was a flash.Two carabinieri held the car up. were on the trunk. Tenente. the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. she said. Aldo. I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. then we started. Ha! Ha! Ha! The captain spread his hand open. The offensive was going to start again I heard. He recognized me and waved a forceps.

 They are too stupid. Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off. We understand you let us talk.This is a rotten game we play.That will be nice. SicilyHe should visit Amalfi. Porta feriti I tried to get closer to Passini to try to put a tourniquet on the legs but I could not move. spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket. Why do you get yourself woundedYou can make fun of the priest.Ill just step out the door a minute. Some looked pretty bad. His legs were toward me and I saw in the dark and the light that they were both smashed above the knee. She was crying. she said. crossing out everything except.

 He had not felt bad but now the shoulder had stiffened. baby.So you make progress with Miss BarkleyWe are friends. I was experiencing the masculine difficulty of making love very long standing up. Ill be wise like you.It is probably to draw attention from where the real attack will be.You are so modest. he said when he saw me. The wine was bad but not dull. wont youWhat the hell. There was one smashed bridge across the river. keeping to the side.We kissed and she broke away suddenly.You dont need to say a lot of nonsense.Cough.

 and tears came in my eyes from the reflex.It doesnt finish.Whats the matter nowNew rings. The mountain that was beyond the valley and the hillside where the chestnut forest grew was captured and there were victories beyond the plain on the plateau to the south and we crossed the river in August and lived in a house in Gorizia that had a fountain and many thick shady trees in a walled garden and a wistaria vine purple on the side of the house.The priest was young and blushed easily and wore a uniform like the rest of us but with a cross in dark red velvet above the left breast pocket of his gray tunic. You know more about it than I do. Bacchus barred. was lined with them. He loved being a surgeon and we were great friends.Priest every night five against one. The Austrian trenches were above on the hillside only a few yards from the Italian lines. Then the major told the story of the eleven Czechoslovaks and the Hungarian corporal. It does not go so well.. You dont have to pretend you love me.

I dont believe it. Your blood coagulates beautifully.Shes Scotch. I would eat quickly and go and see Catherine Barkley.He does really. The wind blew the leaves in the bower over the door of the dressing station and the night was getting cold. Goodnight. Rinaldi said.Must attack.Fine. The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers.As you wish. Nor for the beautiful uniforms. We understand you let us talk. I knew that I was hit and leaned over and put my hand on my knee.

Hes an American. Thats where the money comes from. It ought to be good. I said. Im sending you now with the English ambulance. mama Mia I pulled and twisted and got my legs loose finally and turned around and touched him. I handed it to Gordini. The wine was bad but not dull. without embarrassment. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders. I wouldnt be able to get the stretcher out alone.Thats the only differenceYes. I must write some letters.The next afternoon I went to call on Miss Barkley again. Youre a very good boy.

 the captain said looking at the priest and at me. he said. the captain said. havent youYes. tannic and lovely. To the silver medal.He should have fine girls.Must attack. Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge. loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. There were many more guns in the country around and the spring had come.He held a forceps with some gauze in the end. Anybody may crack. the captain commenced picking on the priest. Passini was quiet now.

 I felt something dripping. Nothing. I could look down through the woods and see. Alpini would. I would eat quickly and go and see Catherine Barkley. Another burst and in the noise you could hear the smaller noise of the brick and dirt raining down. Did you do any heroic actNo.Bassi wins. with many tastes alike. and in the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches were bare and the trunks black with rain.I knocked over his candle with the pillow and got into bed in the dark. I said.Youd better not go out. said Bassi. I said.

 I remembered where I was going. The lieutenant. the lieutenant said.Yes. Poor dear baby. I said. Villa San Giovanni.Be a good boy and be careful.Tonight you will tell me everything.No. You will come with me to see Miss Barkley. At the foot of the bed was my flat trunk.Then well have to work. He was dressed.Must attack.

 It takes a long time to be.The road was crowded and there were screens of corn stalk and straw matting on both sides and matting over the top so that it was like the entrance at a circus or a native village. But the Italians had crossed and spread out a little way on the far side to hold about a mile and a half on the Austrian side of the river.I do not believe it. tenente (first finger). But I do with you. I said. drunk.Like the Tchecos. it was slow in the traffic. He was the Kings uncle and commanded the third army.We looked at each other in the dark.Good. I said to Gordini. the smashed tunnel by the river where the fighting had been.

 But I did not know that then.Theyll send you to a hospital. We were in the second army. He didnt have a sabre cut. Tell me about Gorizia. Id be glad to kiss you if you dont mind. depended to a considerable extent on myself. But they are still fools. What inflicted the woundsThe medical captain. Tell me all about it.I love you so and its been awful. Ive seen the holes. But they say a Saint Anthonys very useful. She put it in my hand. we knew it was all over for that year.

 There was another stretcher by the side with a man on it whose nose I could see. I will give you the addresses of places in Naples.Will you tell her how sorry I amYes.Ill get some.Lets drop the war. My father is a famous hunter.I went everywhere. TaorminaYou talk like a timetable. It was quite evident he had stolen the bonds. I think not. Passing where the shells had landed I avoided the small broken places and smelled the high explosive and the smell of blasted clay and stone and freshly shattered flint.Sit down to it. Rinaldi came in while I was undressing. I said. D.

 instead there is a war. lieutenant! he shouted. Miss Ferguson was with her. Not in this war. It was not a pleasant trip to the dressing room and I did not know until later that beds could be made with men in them.It hasnt come up. My orderly had cut paper into strips and tied the strips to a stick to make a brush that swished the flies away. I must go. I wore one when we went up to the posts and carried an English gas mask. I think the heat knocked me over yesterday. Passini was quiet now. Baby is puzzled.What rotten luck. and relaxed. she said.