Manera and Gavuzzi each went off with a load of wounded.

 He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat
 He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat.Where were the Hartz Mountains anyway They were fighting in the Carpathians. And in the town we have beautiful English girls. Fillipo Vincenza. lifting the spaghetti on the fork until the loose strands hung clear then lowering it into the mouth. Gordini said. It was there that the offensive was to begin. I said.I went along the narrow road down toward the river. I said in Italian.SeeI put my Saint Anthony back in the capsule. It was that which shook my faith. Rinaldi came in while I was undressing.I can come here though. spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket. cartridges.

Have you any cheeseThe major spoke grudgingly to the orderly who ducked back into the hole again and came out with a quarter of a white cheese. I am now in love with Miss Barkley.Then well have to work. then we started. the stump of his leg twitching. I decided to go on upstairs. I said.I would like you to see Abruzzi and visit my family at Capracotta. We went along the rough new military road that followed the crest of the ridge and I looked to the north at the two ranges of mountains.Jesus Christ. The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. Passini said.Where have you beenAt the Villa Rossa.Well crack. You do not really like it. I leaned forward in the dark to kiss her and there was a sharp stinging flash.

 I thought she was very beautiful. I said. 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. Listen. Outside it was getting dark. One of the two men who had carried it looked in.They dropped me once more before we reached the post. hot and dirty. Not very well. Manera said. drunk. Ill not learn it in two weeks. You get along very well without me. I wanted to go to the Black Forest.If you drop me again. No.

 Passini said. They were big and shy and embarrassed and very appreciative together of anything that happened.Better not drink too much brandy then. went to the jail and asked to see the priest. A little that way like the number of the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona.It was a ghastly show. Priest not happy. I identified them by their red and white striped collar mark.Youd better chew some coffee.No understand. get me out of here. unloaded them and went away.That will be nice. But then he wanted to go to war and I didnt know. It was very edifying. He started the car.

 I lied. the dust rising from the wheels and going off through the trees.Dont write anything that will bother the censor. A. Remember carefully.It wasnt that way with the granatieri. Ive studied it for months now.Thank you very much. It is a successful coup de main. Then we saw a horse ambulance stopped by the road. I tried to move sideways so that it did not fall on me. We drank the second grappa. One of the medical captains said the attack had been put forward an hour.No. when you knew that that was all there was.This is the picturesque front.

 I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained. doing things that hurt sharply and severing tissue Are you sureMe trying to lie still and feeling my stomach flutter when the flesh was cut. How is your headGood Christ I said. Maybe the Austrians would crack. when they wouldnt attack and they shot every tenth manNo. She would not let me put my arm around her. she said.If it wasnt that that happens to their families nobody would go to the attack. 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.SeeI put my Saint Anthony back in the capsule.The priest smiled. I handed the canteen back to Passini. clear red. Poor dear baby. . the major said.

 sitting on the small of my back. He was sitting up beside one of the brick walls. and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. I said. I went on home. the King passing in his motor car.We shook hands and he put his arm around my neck and kissed me.I see. There were three others to locate. lieutenant. spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket. Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge. He stopped and sat down beside the road. Thats where the money comes from. They were all mechanics and hated the war. sure that this was all and all and all and not caring.

 looking at my eyes all the time.Better not drink too much brandy then. wont youWhat the hell. Priest not happy without girls. Catherine asked me to tell you she was sorry she couldnt see you this evening. With a sabre cut. I said and went back to the house and drank another bowl of coffee at the mess table. the captain commenced picking on the priest. Didnt you refuse to be medically aided before the othersNot very firmly. Henry. tannic and lovely.They cant hang every one. It was a one road show. that nothing should be lost. lay asleep on the other bed. As far as I could make out the last mile or so of the new road where it started to level out would be able to be shelled steadily by the Austrians.

 and if the car went especially fast it was probably the King. The town was very nice and our house was very fine. We were just beginning to get some of them. I saw a third range of mountains. A soldier came along after the last of the stragglers. Not in the auto ambulance. The major said there was an Italian story something like that about the duchess who could not sleep at night. sometimes now seeing his face and little long necked body and gray beard like a goats chin tuft; all these with the sudden interiors of houses that had lost a wall through shelling. Then in Italian: Lift him very carefully about the legs. How are the girlsThere are no girls. she said.Shes not awfully well. They are keeping them for the pleasure of dugout hiders in the rear. I looked back and saw the three cars all climbing. They would.Not Strega.

Isnt there anywhere we can goNo.How is everythingSplendid.Lets drop the war. One is dead. He was walking with a limp.We looked at Rinaldi talking with the other nurse. I was blown up while we were eating cheese. then crossed the river. I looked at the tires carefully.Had you been engaged longEight years. brushed my hair and we started. At the first battle you all run. Maybe she would.What forBecause you are gravely wounded. The earth of the dugout was warm and dry and I let my shoulders back against the wall. No that wasnt it.

 and well see. in which you said things instead of playing cards. the shellmarked iron of the railway bridge.Hes dead I think.Oh. Two men were lifting the hernia man to put him in. When I came back to the front we still lived in that town. chemical smells and the sweet smell of blood. I wish she were here now. Rome. The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw the troops marching along the road and the dust rising and leaves. The ground was torn up and in front of my head there was a splintered beam of wood. There isnt always an explanation for everything.He held a forceps with some gauze in the end. All fire and smoke and nothing inside. My hand went in and my knee was down on my shin.

Youre a nice boy. Here they would never have arrested him. 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. Helen Ferguson. Ireland of Wisconsin. Its twice as big as it was this morning. We all got up and left the table.Here is the American Tenente.Couldnt you take me no place elseIf it was closer to the front I could take you to a first medical post. I looked at the tires carefully.Yes. Ive seen your Tenente. darling. Priest not happy. To the north we could look across a valley and see a forest of chestnut trees and behind it another mountain on this side of the river. E.

 undid my tunic and tried to rip the tail of my shirt. At first it dropped slowly and regularly. You may come and see her after seven oclock if you wish. I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained. He has a rendezvous. It looked wide and well made with a good grade and the turns looked very impressive where you could see them through openings in the forest on the mountain side. Dont you want us never to attackNo. hotter and slower than ever: then the stragglers. I am well.Wonderful. stepping carefully among the wounded. And we have gotten away from the war.But now we will shut up. A. Henry. Im awfully tired.

 darling. He is a priest; he will appreciate it. had some coffee in the kitchen and went out to the garage.It was nearly dark when we came down and turned onto the main road that ran beside the river.You speak English he asked. He has a rendezvous. You love EnglandNot too well.Where is the gasoline park nowAt the same place. the orderly said.I knocked over his candle with the pillow and got into bed in the dark. You see I didnt care about the other thing and he could have had it all. I could look down through the woods and see. she said.He should go to Palermo. I will write you cards to my family in Amalfi. There was what was left of a railway station and a smashed permanent bridge that could not be repaired and used because it was in plain sight.

 was blonde and had a tawny skin and gray eyes. Oh mama mia. I was riding in the first car and as we passed the entry to the British hospital I told the driver to stop. Fragments of enemy trench mortar shell. I said. He did not see me and I did not know whether to go in and report or go upstairs first and clean up. I wiped my hand on my shirt and another floating light came very slowly down and I looked at my leg and was very afraid.Not even for the beautiful languageNo.You. she said. I went to the window and looked out. they would not be loaded. They say so. Passini said. It was very edifying. Where did you go and what did you do Tell me everything at once.

 darling.Its a silly front. my bed was made up with blankets and my things hung on the wall. I was cold and my leg hurt so that it made me sick. I said. Rinaldi said. Another night when you feel stronger. You rarely find any one any good this close to the front. I think not. Passini said. Maybe she would. isnt itQuite. There was a little shelter of green branches outside over the entrance and in the dark the night wind rustled the leaves dried by the sun. said the major. Baby is puzzled. Gordini winced and smiled.

 We go whorehouse before it shuts. not good by.Bring him in.Its not serious I hope.You have beautiful hair.They cant do anything. I opened the capsule and spilled him out into my hand. then it pattered into a stream.I sat on a chair and held my cap. Genoa was the place to see the bad marbles. I felt it against the back of the chair. Im learning it.I went back to the majors dugout and he said the field kitchen would be along and the drivers could come and get their stew. Some bersaglieri.I see. The dressing station was on the Austrian side of the river under the edge of the hill and stretcherbearers would bring the wounded back across the pontoon bridge.

 I came back the next afternoon from our first mountain post and stopped the car at the smistimento where the wounded and sick were sorted by their papers and the papers marked for the different hospitals.Youre an orator. Stop it.So you make progress with Miss BarkleyWe are friends. English goddess. That was how it ought to be. and stood up. seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game. I was still angry and as I held her suddenly she shivered.I like him.That way youll be decorated. Uninformed. There are people who are afraid of their officers. the stumps of trees projected. Some one came in and as the door opened I could see the snow falling. Manera and Gavuzzi each went off with a load of wounded.