of the wine. I would have married him or anything. Thats all I know.

 The afternoon was a quiet time
 The afternoon was a quiet time. Well crack in France. seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game. You may come and see her after seven oclock if you wish. I never hurt anybody. havent youYes.Will you tell her how sorry I amYes. with strange planes. he said. I said.Not even for the beautiful languageNo. We walked to the door and I saw her go in and down the hall. It was an Astra 7. They wouldnt attack if they did.You think notNo.

No. There were big search lights on that front mounted on camions that you passed sometimes on the roads at night. 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. Ive come back to Catherine in the night. the thumb up and fingers outspread as when you make shadow pictures.No. We parked the cars beyond a brickyard.You are ignorant.Wed take quite good care of them and return them to the villa. I tried to breathe but my breath would not come and I felt myself rush bodily out of myself and out and out and out and all the time bodily in the wind. But marble busts all looked like a cemetery. I wont kiss you if you dont want.Goodnight. Ill look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster.No.

 I did not want to go there anyway. She was not in the garden and I had to wait in the office of the hospital until she came down. youre very good. and he came from Amalfi. fast and shallow. the thumb up and fingers outspread as when you make shadow pictures. They will love you like a son. The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. Every day I am better. They were laughing. said Passini. I wanted to go to Austria without war. go get a corkscrew. Now he was bandaging.I will send Miss Barkley.

 I had met two gunners from that lot. I watched the flashes on San Gabriele. When I got home it was too late and I did not see Miss Barkley until the next evening. baby. You better not go up there drunk. While I was looking at him he opened his eyes.No. 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. Miss Barkley said. and if the car went especially fast it was probably the King. she said. The tall English driver came around and looked in.Bassi wins. Gavuzzi said.The day had been hot.

 The priest shook his head and went on. The river was low and there were stretches of sand and pebbles with a narrow channel of water and sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed.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.The forest of oak trees on the mountain beyond the town was gone. I could go to Spain if there was no war. Nor for the beautiful uniforms. 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.You dont go at allI just go to see if there is anything new. I am now in love with Miss Barkley. He was sitting up beside one of the brick walls. holding below the target and trying to master the jerk of the ridiculous short barrel until I could hit within a yard of where I aimed at twenty paces and then the ridiculousness of carrying a pistol at all came over me and I soon forgot it and carried it flopping against the small of my back with no feeling at all except a vague sort of shame when I met Englishspeaking people. I wondered who had done them and how much he got. For two weeks now they havent changed them. Rinaldi was sitting on the bed with a copy of Hugos English grammar. He spread the hand again.

 I am listening. There is nothing worse than war. Im not.Oh.AnotherAll right. But then he wanted to go to war and I didnt know. We crossed the brickyard. a noise like a railway engine starting and then an explosion that shook the earth again. He was sitting up beside one of the brick walls. He took my glass and filled it. Halfway through the wine I did not want any more. Multiple superficial wounds of the left and right thigh and left and right knee and right foot. 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.The plain was rich with crops there were many orchards of fruit trees and beyond the plain the mountains were brown and bare. Doesnt anybody work nowSince you are gone we have nothing but frostbites.

 she said. Nobody had mentioned what the stakes were. The major was unhooking the forceps now. little puppy. darling. And you play it as well as you know how. In a little while we would say insulting things. Remember carefully. Its not a wound. Did you have any beautiful adventuresYes. stirred by the breeze. Im sorry for your head. I drove back to Gorizia and our villa and. I said to Gordini. Why dont we stop fighting If they come down into Italy they will get tired and go away.

 Kiss me goodby.You dont wear himNo. I love you too much. They were all mechanics and hated the war. It ought to be good.Some of the officers went alone.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. he said to me. It is the captain. darling. The battery fired twice and the air came each time like a blow and shook the window and made the front of my pajamas flap. The drivers were pleased with it and I left them there. This was a joke.Youre a nice boy. darling.

How did you happen to do that Why didnt you join up with usI dont know.Of course they do. poured out into the glass held with the same hand; after this course. They tell me youre an American. Did you think I was Italian There were some Italians with one of our units. Ill be wise like you. He sat down beside me. It isnt me that makes fun of him. the priest said. I said. Some one came in and as the door opened I could see the snow falling. I suppose.Isnt there anywhere we can goNo.They talked too much at the mess and I drank wine because tonight we were not all brothers unless I drank a little and talked with the priest about Archbishop Ireland who was. crossed the pontoon bridge.

 You wont go awayNo. Ive seen your Tenente. I said.Oughf. We sat on the ground with our backs against the wall and smoked. I said. I was riding in the first car and as we passed the entry to the British hospital I told the driver to stop.Its not serious I hope.Wait a minute. Laugh. A V. His legs are very painful.How you like this goddam warRotten. and instead of going on I felt myself slide back. are youNo.

 which was protected by a shoulder of the mountain.Have you seen Miss BarkleyI will bring her here.I was away for two days at the posts. I repeated it. The little major looked at us furious.Sometimes in the dark we heard the troops marching under the window and guns going past pulled by motor-tractors. Did you do any heroic actNo. Ireland of Wisconsin. The battery fired twice and the air came each time like a blow and shook the window and made the front of my pajamas flap. Name he asked softly. then. as I said. Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge.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. the tiny man with the long thin neck and the goat beard.

 Dio te salve. After supper I would go and see Catherine Barkley.It would be fine if you would take the cars. an ambulance was waiting by the side door and inside the door.Somebody said you should be able to learn it in two weeks. I love you so.That way youll be decorated.You dont need to say a lot of nonsense.If everybody would not attack the war would be over. with the eyes shut. I am listening. Hes coming to see you.Youd better not go out. The grappa was very strong. get me out of here.

Oh.Rinaldi went out with me. said the priest.Another night. To save you trouble.Have you ever loved any oneNo. Some wore their steel helmets but most of them carried them slung from their packs. said Bassi. The road curved and we saw the three cars looking quite small. I said. 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. I knew you was an American.Sit down to it. and I spoke Italian.I pressed her hand.

 We read. felt him climb up into the front seat. Five stars.Of course they dont.You should not let us talk this way. D. Mama mama mia. He had to sign the proposition for the citation. Multiple superficial wounds of the left and right thigh and left and right knee and right foot. Dont be a bloody hero. It was a hot day and the sky was very bright and blue and the road was white and dusty.Shes nice. Any frescoes were good when they started to peel and flake off. But marble busts all looked like a cemetery. The two captains took off their coats.

 When he stopped swishing and fell asleep they came down and I blew them away and finally covered my face with my hands and slept too. The pain that the major had spoken about had started and all that was happening was without interest or relation. You are my great and good friend and financial protector.I am sorry. They were sitting in the dugout talking and when I came in they stopped. I said. Hang onto my neck. They have plenty of girls. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army. He woke when he heard me in the room and sat up. He shook his head at me. I thought she was very beautiful and I took her hand. It is a noble organization. Goodby. baby.

 and the frescoes on the wall and waited for Miss Barkley. and the frescoes on the wall and waited for Miss Barkley. yes ) with possible fracture of the skull. coming down. I saw that word pricked him and kept on. Another burst and in the noise you could hear the smaller noise of the brick and dirt raining down.There was great laughter from everybody. like bridge. I saw that word pricked him and kept on. Another nurse was with her. I gave them each a package of cigarettes. She was crying. Thank you very much. I handed the canteen back to Passini.Where were the Hartz Mountains anyway They were fighting in the Carpathians.

After a while I walked with her to the door of the villa and she went in and I walked home. In two days the offensive was to start and I would go with the cars to Plava. and a roar that started white and went red and on and on in a rushing wind. I felt the engine start.Its rotten. She let me take it and I held it and put my arm around under her arm.I wanted to do something for him. This was a joke. and he came from Amalfi. My knee wasnt there. far below.And the priest was locked up. and then a drink of the wine. I would have married him or anything. Thats all I know.