I said. said Rinaldi. he said.

 They returned it with his things
 They returned it with his things.Thank you very much.Thats the only differenceYes. There were lighted candles on the table. I breathed and I was back. After some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny.Youd better chew some coffee.Open the bottle.Ill take what you can give me. The tall English driver came around and looked in. and went in under the shed and looked at each of the cars. Get out of here. tannic and lovely. What an odd thing--to be in the Italian army. Your friend is a doctor.

 He stopped working and smiled. the captain said.Outside something was set down beside the entrance.Listen.All right. The Austrian trenches were above on the hillside only a few yards from the Italian lines.The plain was rich with crops there were many orchards of fruit trees and beyond the plain the mountains were brown and bare. Helen Ferguson.It was dark outside and the long light from the search lights was moving over the mountains.You did say you loved me. Wait till I get cleaned up.I lifted it to arms length and the strands cleared. The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. the captain said. Gordini stood behind me.

 sitting in my trousers and an undershirt in front of the open window. They were hospitals beyond the river. Remember carefully. You are better with her without me. He said there was so much dirt blown into the wound that there had not been much hemorrhage. It has been put back again.We went on eating.Captain doctor (interested in something he was finding).AnotherAll right.Outside we ran across the brickyard. three men nurses and a doctor and picked you up out of bed and carried you into the dressing room so that the beds could be made while we were having our wounds dressed. Drink that. Look at your valorous conduct in asking to go always to the first line. We read. After I was wounded I never found him.

 a noise like a railway engine starting and then an explosion that shook the earth again. hotter and slower than ever: then the stragglers. Another nurse was with her. But I thought it would be bad for him. I said. Some wore their steel helmets but most of them carried them slung from their packs.Porta feriti I shouted holding my hands cupped. Rocca said. he said. Dont be a bloody hero. Hes a better man than I am. He is the legitimate son of President Wilson. They were a real mask. It was that which shook my faith. darling.

 baby. It had been impossible to advance on the far side the year before because there was only one road leading down from the pass to the pontoon bridge and it was under machinegun and shell fire for nearly a mile.Youre not a Catholic.Do we eat yet.After a while we said good-night and left. This was a game. Now he was bandaging. Hes very good. The road here was below the level of the river bank and all along the side of the sunken road there were holes dug in the bank with infantry in them. 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.No. He slapped the bed with his glove. It was a hot night and there was a good deal going on up in the mountains. There is no finish to a war.Im not angry.

 First we passed the regiment. You cant. I tried to move sideways so that it did not fall on me. Now everything is arranged. You know. The priest shook his head. and chewed. Manera said. I saw a third range of mountains. darling. on the street. I do not believe in the Free Masons however.It would be fine if you would take the cars. It came very fast and the sun went a dull yellow and then everything was gray and the sky was covered and the cloud came on down the mountain and suddenly we were in it and it was snow. This is close to the front.

 havent youBut I lost the truss. there was a soldier sitting on a bench outside in the sun. I saw the town with the hill and the old castle above it in a cup in the hills with the mountains beyond.How you like this goddam warRotten. I thought somebody was screaming.He walked across to the dressing station.You will.It doesnt finish. There were racks of rockets standing to be touched off to call for help from the artillery or to signal with if the telephone wires were cut. and then a drink of the wine. 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. she said. she said. said Rinaldi. Still I would probably have been killed.

 The major was a little man with upturned mustaches.It could not be worse. gonorrhea. and I knew I was dead and that it had all been a mistake to think you just died. Otherwise it will be the bronze. but it was not successful.It would be fine if you would take the cars. I do not believe in the Free Masons however. There was that beginning of a feeling of dryness in the nose that meant the day would be hot later on. good luck and Vive la France. I tried to move sideways so that it did not fall on me. I tried to move sideways so that it did not fall on me. You will be good to me. and with the end of the summer. The officers all wore helmets; betterfitting helmets.

 get me out of here. It was what I had wanted to do and I tried to explain how one thing had led to another and finally he saw it and understood that I had really wanted to go and it was almost all right.I can come here though.Two carabinieri held the car up. He is the legitimate son of President Wilson.Ciaou! he said.I looked outside. Because were going to have a strange life. There was one fine cemetery thoughthe one at Pisa. baby. The vineyards were thin and bare-branched too and all the country wet and brown and dead with the autumn. Anybody can take their property. To the silver medal. I lowered it into the mouth. Drink that.

 I took her hands.It sounds very funny nowCatherine. It was impossible to salute foreigners as an Italian. I said. There was another stretcher by the side with a man on it whose nose I could see. Now I must go back to sleep to be fresh and beautiful for Miss Barkley.Have you ever loved any oneNo. yes. She was not in the garden and I had to wait in the office of the hospital until she came down.Yes. I was experiencing the masculine difficulty of making love very long standing up. There were many marble busts on painted wooden pillars along the walls of the room they used for an office. That is true. Outside the sergeant adjutant knelt down beside me where I lay.It was because we were scared.

Bring Caruso. said Rinaldi. isnt heYes. I said in English. Nobody was in sight.I went out to look at the cars and see what was going on and then came back and sat down in the dugout with the four drivers. Rinaldi took the note. Sculpture had always seemed a dull businessstill. I wore one when we went up to the posts and carried an English gas mask.There was great laughter from everybody. said the major.Well crack. Passini said. said Passini and spat on the floor. But they say a Saint Anthonys very useful.

 Troops went by the house and down the road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees. Manera said. the steel helmet on the same peg. In the dark it was like summer lightning. Dont be a bloody hero. They take your sisters. She was not in the garden and I had to wait in the office of the hospital until she came down. sucking in the ends.Which side is it onHere.Certainly not. How is GordiniHes all right. Ill send your English girl. What kind of time did you haveMagnificent.We sat on the flat stone bench and I held Catherine Barkleys hand.Yes.

 The sun was going down and looking up along the bank as we drove I saw the Austrian observation balloons above the hills on the other side dark against the sunset. Some of the wounded were noisy but most were quiet. The only son of the American Ambassador. she said.Yes. Then I made out my report in my room. Goodby. 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.Come on. I was a fool not to. I said.Do you like itVery much.I love you so and its been awful. It looked as though it might be a mess. The priest was good but dull.

 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. They lifted me onto the table. the bare ground was covered. I wished we had a Napoleon. Nothing. 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. under a hill beyond the river.Goodnight. The Austrian army was created to give Napoleon victories; any Napoleon. What made it pretty was that it sounded like Island. a few freshly washed.I see. It tells you about those priests. Manera said.No.

 youre very good. There was a great splashing and I saw the star shells go up and burst and float whitely and rockets going up and heard the bombs. 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.You love Italy Rinaldi asked Miss Ferguson in English. His legs were toward me and I saw in the dark and the light that they were both smashed above the knee.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. Maybe the Austrians would crack. There isnt always an explanation for everything. said Rinaldi. Ill go and see him and ask if he will recommend you.They were all eating. We walked to the door and I saw her go in and down the hall. hotter and slower than ever: then the stragglers. Stretcher bearers came in all the time. The major was unhooking the forceps now.

 the captain commenced picking on the priest. Evviva lesercito.Wash up and come as you are. I said. Today I see priest with girls. I feigned acquaintance. You may come and see her after seven oclock if you wish. Im Scotch. are youOh. Come with me if you want.Did they cross the river all rightEnormously. looking at my eyes all the time. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army. He did not see me and I did not know whether to go in and report or go upstairs first and clean up. I went with him and found the dugout.

 I had on wool stockings but Passini wore puttees. It seemed no more dangerous to me myself than war in the movies. Rinaldi shook his head. I did not want to go there anyway. Thats all I know. cloudy with snowwater and running fast through the spiles of the bridge. We understand you let us talk.He was gone.That was because it was first.You have beautiful hair. Sometimes still pleasant and fond and warm and breakfast and lunch. Today I see priest with girls. I said. said Rinaldi. he said.