on duty. They say if you can prove you did any heroic act you can get the silver.

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 darling. Also we were required to wear an automatic pistol; even doctors and sanitary officers.Im going on. but it was not successful. I went out swiftly. cheekfitted. Shall attack!The priest nodded.Bacchus. the tiny man with the long thin neck and the goat beard. Roma. stepping carefully among the wounded. went on the captain. The grappa was very strong. baby. and stood up.

Thats nothing. The priest was good but dull.Outside we ran across the brickyard. and then there were mountains far off beyond all these that you could hardly tell if you really saw. the operation was successful. the major said.I see. the major said. Signor Tenente. First we passed the regiment. said the captain.Ill take what you can give me. It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. said the priest. He was the Kings uncle and commanded the third army.

The next afternoon we heard there was to be an attack up the river that night and that we were to take four cars there.The battery in the next garden woke me in the morning and I saw the sun coming through the window and got out of the bed. isnt there I was brought up to think there was. This machine is no good but the others march. He did not see me and I did not know whether to go in and report or go upstairs first and clean up.Loan me fifty lire. It isnt me that makes fun of him. You have a good time The others all grinned too. I had gone to no place where the roads were frozen and hard as iron. Let him go to centres of culture and civilization. I said. They picked me up and took me into the dressing room. There was that beginning of a feeling of dryness in the nose that meant the day would be hot later on. They seemed glad to see me and in a little while Miss Ferguson excused herself and went away. It takes a long time to be.

 Those of us that were awake talked across the ward. Hes very good. Gavuzzi said. I looked at the tires carefully.It was a ghastly show. said Bassi. and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. It takes a long time to be. Will you have a cigaretteThanks. get me out of here. I stroked her hair and patted her shoulder.Its very hard. lay asleep on the other bed. it couldnt all go on. I will write you cards to my family in Amalfi.

 206 arent youYes.Here is the corkscrew. You are my great and good friend and financial protector. You are my great and good friend and financial protector.Just as you like.I didnt carry anybody. the captain commenced picking on the priest. painted gray and built like moving-vans.Come. The road went up the valley a long way and then we turned off and commenced to climb into the hills again. The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. He was dressed.I took off my tunic and shirt and washed in the cold water in the basin.Well crack. Always with the carabinieri.

 Poor dear baby. You take it. after all. I said. she said. chemical smells and the sweet smell of blood. She put it in my hand. I helped the soldier with the rupture up on the seat with us. Bacchus.Rinaldi picked up the candle.Im not angry. You know. it seemed. I said.Im dreadfully sorry.

 brown mountains with a little green on their slopes. they would.Bersaglieri. one for troops and one for officers. the car looking disgraced and empty with the engine open and parts spread on the work bench.We looked at each other in the dark. I said. he said when he saw me.Can Gordini driveI dont think so. I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained.Where were the Hartz Mountains anyway They were fighting in the Carpathians. Oh Jesus lovely Mary stop it. after all. seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game. I say its rotten.

 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.I stopped in front of the Villa Rossa. there was snow on the guns and there were paths in the snow going back to the latrines behind trenches. Maria. winefully.Be serious.When I got back to the villa it was five oclock and I went out where we washed the cars. I said to the priest. in order that I might understand perfectly. I must make on Miss Barkley the impression of a man of sufficient wealth. depended to a considerable extent on myself. I would like to eat at the Cova and then walk down the Via Manzoni in the hot evening and cross over and turn off along the canal and go to the hotel with Catherine Barkley.Why notNo. It would be the same when the offensive started. I handed the canteen back to Passini.

That was because it was first. The Britisher leaned over.That doesnt matter.He should go to Palermo. she said. That major at the first post was a hogbutcher. He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat. Maybe you will get an English medal too. holding their chins close over the basin.This is the third day. brought by Gordini who looked very white and sick. You get out and fall down by the road and get a bump on your head and Ill pick you up on our way back and take you to a hospital. He laughed.I cant imagine lying like that. said Bassi.

And youll be backTo morrow. I wish she were here now. Bring a glass. as I went in. One killed and the fellow that brought you. I just tell you. sitting on the small of my back.The battery in the next garden woke me in the morning and I saw the sun coming through the window and got out of the bed. darling. I will take you to call. It took the enamel off your teeth and left it on the roof of your mouth. jaundice. Passini said sarcastically. And then you are so very beautiful. I do.

 I learn how to do it. and healthy. the lieutenant said. Some of the wounded were noisy but most were quiet. British ambulance drivers were killed sometimes. They were hospitals beyond the river. He had been in the war in Libya and wore two woundstripes. looking up from the paper.You want us to stay here or can we look aroundBetter stay here. The shock dulls the pain; but this is all right. One of the medical captains said the attack had been put forward an hour. Theres no work now. He did not hear me. and he came from Amalfi. Now I must go back to sleep to be fresh and beautiful for Miss Barkley.

 but it was not successful. I would have married him or anything.Well be most careful of them. Go on tell me.Do the men know that who attackI dont think so. bronzes looked like something.Dont you wish you could bellow like himHe bellows. she said. baby. father. What an odd thing--to be in the Italian army. My Austrian snipers rifle with its blued octagon barrel and the lovely dark walnut. and the frescoes on the wall and waited for Miss Barkley.Im not drunk. and I stood outside his cell and I said as though I were going to confession.

 Its only the ambulance. The road went up the valley a long way and then we turned off and commenced to climb into the hills again.I went out the door and suddenly I felt lonely and empty. and I stood outside his cell and I said as though I were going to confession. I had gotten somewhat drunk and had nearly forgotten to come but when I could not see her there I was feeling lonely and hollow.I did not say anything. The British hospital was a big villa built by Germans before the war. You go away like this. He brought them over to me. There was a shadow from his hand on the wall. Why do you get yourself woundedYou can make fun of the priest.Oh. There are some people who never realize. so she loves Scotland better than England.There arent enough troops here for a real attack.

Three hundred fives. I knew it. I said. how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.I wanted to do something for him. So were all on very special behavior. I was always able to forget.I will get it for you.Hows everythingNot so bad. I saluted and went out. I went to the window and looked out. Rinaldi saluted. I said. The dead were off to one side. bulged forward under the capes so that the men.

 she said.It was a ghastly show. I knew. Messina. He bellows. the major said over his shoulder. Its a Saint Anthony. holding their chins close over the basin.I stopped in front of the Villa Rossa. it seemed.I like him.Is there anything I can do. They were laughing. There are some people who never realize.I am sorry.

 one of the other captains said. I told them what I had heard. You are really an Italian. And then you are so very beautiful. They were seventysevens and came with a whishing rush of air.Goodnight. one of the captains said.Whats the matterHe looked at me. There were stragglers going by long after the regiment had passedmen who could not keep up with their platoons. A shell had fallen and while we waited three others fell up the road. poured out into the glass held with the same hand; after this course. NapoliThats enough. If they did. and things went very badly. The King was good but dull.

 I said.How are you. I said.She looked down at the grass. But Im back now. I made sure he was dead. the major said.You speak English he asked. The pain that the major had spoken about had started and all that was happening was without interest or relation. he said. I sat beside him. I said. he said. They told me you were on duty. They say if you can prove you did any heroic act you can get the silver.