were many strong smells. the major said. You do not really like it.

 the tiny man with the long thin neck and the goat beard
 the tiny man with the long thin neck and the goat beard. We dont go out.Most of them dont. It was a hot day and there were many flies in the room.Bring Caruso. He started with the upright thumb and named in their order the thumb and four fingers.In the legs. Theres more snow there than here. I felt him in his metal box against my chest while we drove. What hit youMe. for your own good.Some troops went out.I guess youve got a fracture all right.Youd better chew some coffee.

 Sometimes all niceness gone and glad to get out on the street but always another day starting and then another night.I cant imagine lying like that. But the little Scotch one is very nice. They were all mechanics and hated the war. Villa San Giovanni. 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. higher snow mountains. How are the girlsThere are no girls.After a while I walked with her to the door of the villa and she went in and I walked home. Some one took hold of me under the arms and somebody else lifted my legs. Passini said. They were a real mask. For two weeks now they havent changed them. then from all the guns behind us the bombardment started.

Poor Rinaldi.Beyond the mule train the road was empty and we climbed through the hills and then went down over the shoulder of a long hill into a river valley. she said.Splendid. The afternoon was a quiet time. Halfway through the wine I did not want any more.No. the dust rising from the wheels and going off through the trees. They were top-heavy. I think not. I knew it.Youre a nice boy.Shes not awfully well. Where have you beenIve been out on post.

 Signor Tenente. Every day I learn to do things smoother and better.Youre the American in the Italian army she asked. Over on the right they had the Duke of Aosta. The British hospital was a big villa built by Germans before the war. Tenente. Whats the matter with you Do you want us to come outside and get himThe two stretcher bearers picked up the man under the arms and by the legs and brought him in. looking out at the snow falling slowly and heavily.Had you been engaged longEight years. There had been a little town but it was all rubble. The only son of the American Ambassador.I left them working. They were moderately clean. I helped the soldier with the rupture up on the seat with us.

Shes Scotch. That was all left for next year. The snow slanted across the wind. darling. mama Mia. It was a nasty place and the Austrians should not have let them hold it. But no. One killed and the fellow that brought you. Outside the window it was a lovely spring morning.Is there anything I can do. and stopped at the main dressing station.I think you do not know anything about being conquered and so you think it is not bad. stepping carefully among the wounded. Baby is puzzled.

 Laugh.Go to hell. He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat.Quite well. Passing where the shells had landed I avoided the small broken places and smelled the high explosive and the smell of blasted clay and stone and freshly shattered flint.The next year there were many victories. Are you badly hitIn the leg. Anybody may crack. Let everybody defend his home. as when a blast furnace door is swung open.Im perfectly all right.Oh I love to tease you. You see the point. unbuttoned the shirt collar and dropped him in under the shirt.

 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. Dio te salve. a noble man and with whose injustice. We drank the second grappa. And you do love meYes. Naples. I said. I hurried up the driveway and inside the reception hall I asked for Miss Barkley. I said. Passini said sarcastically. The pain hasnt started yet. They do it for nothing. FrancoI am all right. The Englishman broke into voluble and perfect Italian.

Splendid. This was a joke. baby. I said. Manera said. walking under the trees. I remembered. He looked like a king. I suppose it was mutual tolerance because the Austrians still kept a bridgehead further down the river. coming down. Im sorry. It was Passini and when I touched him he screamed. You will please come and make me a good impression on her.Nonsense.

 I believe we should get the war over.Id really rather. Lots of them would have liked him to be king. Jt was warm and like the spring and I walked down the alleyway of trees. Get some more of that Antitetanus. He started the car.I wanted to do something for him. Grappa. said the driver in Italian looking at the hernia man. They come back for me. I wouldnt be able to get the stretcher out alone. And you will come and see meOf course. I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it. he said.

 It was a long time since I had written to the States and I knew I should write but I had let it go so long that it was almost impossible to write now. Would you like a drink of brandy How did you run into this thing anyway What were you trying to do Commit suicide Antitetanus please. There was one fine cemetery thoughthe one at Pisa. 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. jaundice. I tried again and my legs moved a little. Passini was quiet now.Do you think it would be any good to try and see her tomorrowYes. It was the first time I had ever heard her laugh. I looked back and saw Rinaldi standing watching me and waved to him. Thats what its for. Rocca ignored this and went on to explain the joke to me. In two days the offensive was to start and I would go with the cars to Plava. They seemed glad to see me and in a little while Miss Ferguson excused herself and went away.

They may crack. felt the brake come off and the clutch go in. Rinaldi poured another glass. These V. now this is the point of the story. falling and the soldiers marching and afterward the road bare and white except for the leaves. It cost fifteen lire. I saw that word pricked him and kept on. and I stood outside his cell and I said as though I were going to confession. I said. Maybe she would pretend that I was her boy that was killed and we would go in the front door and the porter would take off his cap and I would stop at the concierges desk and ask for the key and she would stand by the elevator and then we would get in the elevator and it would go up very slowly clicking at all the floors and then our floor and the boy would open the door and stand there and she would step out and I would step out and we would walk down the hall and I would put the key in the door and open it and go in and then take down the telephone and ask them to send a bottle of capri bianca in a silver bucket full of ice and you would hear the ice against the pail coming down the condor and the boy would knock and I would say leave it outside the door please. Gavuzzi handed me the basin of macaroni. I saluted too but more moderately. Didnt you see itNo.

J started down the driveway. His helmet was off and his forehead was bleeding below the hair line. It would only be worse if we stopped fighting.No. She wore what seemed to me to be a nurses uniform.Jesus Christ. The British had come with three ambulances and they had two men on each ambulance.Thank you very much. There were three others to locate. and stopped at the main dressing station. as I said. He was a big smart tall boy to be in the granatieri. The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers.I ate the end of my piece of cheese and took a swallow of wine.

 be selected by the infantry but we were supposed to work it out.There will be no more offensive now that the snow has come. cloudy with snowwater and running fast through the spiles of the bridge.Youre not a Catholic. But if you have had it you know. and really you are just like me underneath. Not very well. then stopped and kissed her. The priest shook his head. to take a shower.You did say you loved me. I will get you a copy. He made a gesture and laughed loudly. Inside the dugout were the three drivers sitting against the wall.

 I would have married him or anything. The road went up the valley a long way and then we turned off and commenced to climb into the hills again. They blew him all to bits. I believe we should get the war over. What kind of time did you haveMagnificent.Thats the only differenceYes.All right. But they say a Saint Anthonys very useful. I said. A regiment went by in the road and I watched them pass. They have their own country. All fire and smoke and nothing inside. the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. please.

You dont go at allI just go to see if there is anything new. I knew it. You havent any fracture. depended to a considerable extent on myself. Dio te salve. Im leaving now for a show up above Plava.Wash up and come as you are. Messina. They blew him all to bits. There was a cough. I do not believe in the Free Masons however. Stretcher bearers came in all the time. These V. Through the other noise I heard a cough.

 They were moderately clean. The Italian salute never seemed made for export. You are a frozenfaced . and I stood outside his cell and I said as though I were going to confession. These V. He had not felt bad but now the shoulder had stiffened.Do you always know what people thinkNot always.No. He had not felt bad but now the shoulder had stiffened.I see. Isnt itWhat is the stick I asked. There were many strong smells. the major said. You do not really like it.