along together through the town and I chewed the coffee.

He wiped his hands on his jumper and grinned
He wiped his hands on his jumper and grinned.Well be most careful of them. And you do love meYes. Grappa. I felt him in his metal box against my chest while we drove. Good by.No. You will please come and make me a good impression on her. Its been in there too long. and then there were mountains far off beyond all these that you could hardly tell if you really saw.Its very hard. Here at the brickyard we were sheltered from rifle or machine gun fire by the river bank. was my age. To save you trouble. but it was not Catherine.

 I think the heat knocked me over yesterday.I will send her. The saint hung down on the Outside of my uniform and I undid the throat of my tunic. Thats where the money comes from.I have brought him in. as when a blast furnace door is swung open. the major said. Rinaldi said goodnight.I wanted to kiss her.Truly I tell you something about your good women. Firenze. Not in this war. If there is a war I suppose we must attack. Every week some one gets wounded by rock fragments.Hows everythingNot so bad.

 the steel helmet on the same peg. Shell be off then. We are not peasants. I am well. Up the river the mountains had not been taken; none of the mountains beyond the river had been taken.Why dont you ride with the transport I asked. Always with the carabinieri. as they fall from an icicle after the sun has gone.Whats the trouble the war.Im going on. His right hand left the wheel and opened a button on his tunic and pulled it out from under his shirt. And we have gotten away from the war. to take a shower. You dont pronounce it very much alike. maam.

 The division for which we worked were to attack at a place up the river and the major told me that I would see about the posts for during the attack.You wouldnt want to go in the line all the time. There are people who are afraid of their officers. I said and went back to the house and drank another bowl of coffee at the mess table. I said. What was the matter with this war Everybody said the French were through. seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game.Yes. I helped him down. He slapped his gloves on the edge of the bed. and things went very badly. said the captain. A mass loosened. spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket. Five stars.

 Im sending you now with the English ambulance. It isnt me that makes fun of him. I handed the canteen back to Passini. I saw that word pricked him and kept on. I think not. I hope youll be comfy. Remember carefully.Somebody said you should be able to learn it in two weeks. I wished I were in Milan with her. It was that which shook my faith. the stumps of trees projected. Miss Barkley said.I took out my knife.Wonderful. Isnt itWhat is the stick I asked.

Just as you like.Thats the only differenceYes. She did not seem tall walking toward me but she looked very lovely. there were some new hospitals. I tried again and my legs moved a little.All right.It was just beyond where we turned off. Its good. I said. Because we would not wear any clothes because it was so hot and the window open and the swallows flying over the roofs of the houses and when it was dark afterward and you went to the window very small bats hunting over the houses and close down over the trees and we would drink the capri and the door locked and it hot and only a sheet and the whole night and we would both love each other all night in the hot night in Milan. said Rinaldi. There are much worse wounded than me. You will be decorated. I sat up straight and as I did so something inside my head moved like the weights on a dolls eyes and it hit me inside in back of my eyeballs. father.

 I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and Strega and I explained. The ovens and some deep holes had been equipped as dressing stations. At the first battle you all run.Its very odd though. I said.Goodnight.How do you do I said. Maybe the Austrians would crack.Truly I tell you something about your good women. Nor for the beautiful uniforms. and a bandage around his head. Through the other noise I heard a cough. I opened the capsule and spilled him out into my hand. the major said. Sometimes still pleasant and fond and warm and breakfast and lunch.

No. I said.Rinaldi was talking with the other nurse.There was great laughter from everybody. To save you trouble. then stopped and kissed her.No.About the soup. You may come and see her after seven oclock if you wish. He had not felt bad but now the shoulder had stiffened. The Englishman broke into voluble and perfect Italian. said the lieutenant. Did you have any beautiful adventuresYes. They blew him all to bits. And you will come and see meOf course.

 I drove back up the narrow road. Signor Tenente. I would take you and never hurt you. Every day I am better. His helmet was off and his forehead was bleeding below the hair line. and the world all unreal in the dark and so exciting that you must resume again unknowing and not caring in the night. Rome.Whats the matter nowNew rings.Oh. as I said. There is good hunting. he said. Its much cooler. left the car at the dressing station under the hill. the window open and the sunlight coming into the room.

 schutzen stock. Please. Every day I am better. There was a shadow from his hand on the wall.I was going to cut it all off when he died. The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. I had not said it before. And we have gotten away from the war. This took place at B?ziers.It sounds very funny nowCatherine. There were many more guns in the country around and the spring had come. I said I hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. Evviva lesercito. smoking. out of the bandages.

 The captain was having a great success with finger games.You have beautiful hair. It tasted of rusty metal. I couldnt move. as when a blast furnace door is swung open. I had it in the car. My orderly had finished pouring water and the bed felt cool and lovely and I was telling him where to scratch on the soles of my feet against the itching when one of the doctors brought in Rinaldi.SeeI put my Saint Anthony back in the capsule. because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way. Next week the war starts again. ha! he said.I am happy. he said. maybe yes. We will convert him.

 Incurred in the line of duty.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.Thats splendid.Thank you for the coffee beans. because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way. It is very informative. Sometimes still pleasant and fond and warm and breakfast and lunch.I didnt say anything. Where did you meet her In the Cova Where did you go How did you feel Tell me everything at once. if the war should end.Im not angry. That is why we have this war. I love you. Anybody may crack. There were trees along both sides of the road and through the right line of trees I saw the river.

Look. 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. She went on down the hall. The major got up from the telephone. He slapped his gloves on the edge of the bed. I will give you the addresses of places in Naples.Oh. Ive seen your Tenente. wore his black boots. A regiment went by in the road and I watched them pass.I sat in the reception hail of the villa. It was impossible to salute foreigners as an Italian. They could drive all right. How is GordiniHes all right. Everything seemed in good condition.

 Rinaldi put away the bottle and we went down the stairs. Priest never with girls. as I went in. They did very well last summer. For stupidity. She waved again and then I was out of the driveway and climbing up into the seat of the ambulance and we started. Its in the bulletin. I said. The snow slanted across the wind.I did not. That was how it ought to be. and the whole thing going well on the Carso made the fall very different from the last fall when we had been in the country.Did you ever read the Black Pig asked the lieutenant. I will probably marry Miss Barkley.Oh.

 We caught them and passed them and turned off on a road that climbed up into the hills. The two captains took off their coats. Theres no work now.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.Im afraid it will make it bigger. Im sorry. fat and prosperous and Vittorio Emmanuele. I am just more affectionate.Oh I love to tease you.Wash up and come as you are. Its much cooler.Yes. and God be with you. long 6.Outside the post a great many of us lay on the ground in the dark.

 A. and I spoke Italian. At the post on the top they took the stretcher out and put another in and we went on. isnt there I was brought up to think there was. I did hurt you. he said. and really you are just like me underneath. It has been put back again. Firenze. They say so. This was a game.Oh. Gavuzzi said. All the officers were very happy.Im going on.

 We drove slowly in this matting covered tunnel and came out onto a bare cleared space where the railway station had been.Nonsense. Tenente Can I help in any way He was the quietest one of the four.J started down the driveway. A. Next week the war starts again.No. Now he was bandaging. We are all splendid. They blew him all to bits. She was not in the garden and I had to wait in the office of the hospital until she came down.Yes. felt the brake come off and the clutch go in. falling and the soldiers marching and afterward the road bare and white except for the leaves.We walked along together through the town and I chewed the coffee.