love EnglandNot too well. Well stop by the road here.

 But its very beautiful
 But its very beautiful. carts and loaded ambulances and all returning traffic up the old narrow road. Miss Barkley said.Do we have to go on and talk this wayNo. Now they try to forget it.Now you see.I see. Stretcher bearers came in all the time. I will get you a copy. the leather shiny with oil. Everything seemed in good condition.Theyll send you to a hospital. I said. Every night priest five against one! They all laughed again.

Well be most careful of them. Inside the dugout were the three drivers sitting against the wall. The officers all came from such good families. I will give you the addresses of places in Naples. a few freshly washed. We are all splendid. Tenente. You understand Priest every night five against one. He didnt have a sabre cut. I talked with the major and learned that when it should start and our cars should be loaded we would drive them back along the screened road and up to the main road along the ridge where there would be a post and other cars to clear them. Rocca said. the major said. I knew I would not be killed. Im awfully tired.

 Oh mama mia. 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. 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. When there is really work they trust us. havent youYes. Beautiful young girlsaccompanied by their mothers.How are you. Youve been away a long time.You see Ive been leading a sort of a funny life. I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it. baby. havent youYes.Where were the Hartz Mountains anyway They were fighting in the Carpathians. He had been in the war in Libya and wore two woundstripes.

 Manera and Gavuzzi each went off with a load of wounded.Im awfully tired.They wont crack here. After I leave here Ill go see that English and hell get you an English medal. Why dont you go to the hospitalThey wont let me. I said. But I am telling it for our priest here.No. bound in leather.Slit the tunic. When we were out on the gravel drive she said. There were troops on this road and motor trucks and mules with mountain guns and as we went down. His legs were toward me and I saw in the dark and the light that they were both smashed above the knee.Slit the tunic.

It is very valuable. painted gray and built like moving-vans. and went in under the shed and looked at each of the cars. Rinaldi shook his head. My knee wasnt there.Can Gordini driveI dont think so. Oh.Shes not awfully well.Like the Tchecos. E. Let him go to centres of culture and civilization. out of the bandages. Youve been away a long time. the tiny man with the long thin neck and the goat beard.

 I lay still and let the pain ride. he said.That was a big trench mortar. I said.We must shut up. Baby is puzzled.Sit down. Thats where the money comes from. Do you suffer much Have a drink.Ill walk down with you. I had gone to no such place but to the smoke of cafe and nights when the room whirled and you needed to look at the wall to make it stop.Its a silly front. It was cold in the car in the night as the road climbed. I lied.

 Henry. The major was at the telephone sitting on a box. said Manera. He breathed very heavily. stepping carefully among the wounded.We walked on a way and were stopped under a tree. Manera said. That is true.Of course they do.You did exactly right.Come.I will send Miss Barkley.Oh.No.

 Yes. I knew it. I kept my arm where it was. the line of ties and rails running along it. He had written to his father that I was coming and they had made preparations. Gavuzzi has your legs. I said in Italian. Poor dear baby. He is the legitimate son of President Wilson. When this road was finished the offensive would start.You love Italy Rinaldi asked Miss Ferguson in English. After supper I would go and see Catherine Barkley.No. He has a rendezvous.

I will send Miss Barkley. the major said. maggiore (next to the little finger). No blood brother and roommate. The stream kept on. They will love you like a son. Name he asked softly. when you knew that that was all there was. baby. selfinflicted wounds. dusty and tired. One thing after another.I dont know. We were in the foothills on the near side of the river and as the road mounted there were the high mountains off to the north with snow still on the tops.

 Laugh. It was hot walking through the town but the sun was starting to go down and it was very pleasant. They cant go on doing things like the Somme and not crack. You have a good time The others all grinned too. He bent over me. I went on home. He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat. They lined them up afterward and took every tenth man. said Bassi. Oh Jesus shoot me Christ shoot me mama mia mama Mia oh purest lovely Mary shoot me.A big shell came in and burst outside in the brickyard.I knocked over his candle with the pillow and got into bed in the dark. Passini said. After I was wounded I never found him.

 please. Stretcher bearers came in all the time. They do it for nothing.He should go to Palermo. It seemed no more dangerous to me myself than war in the movies. In a little while we would say insulting things.Where were the Hartz Mountains anyway They were fighting in the Carpathians. There were many more guns in the country around and the spring had come. Lacerations of the scalp (he probed Does that hurt Christ. We go whorehouse before it shuts. I said. This was a game.Listen. Gordini winced and smiled.

 I watched them settle on the ceiling.I washed. The King was good but dull. E. wont you She looked up at me. Its much cooler.Bersaglieri.Wed take quite good care of them and return them to the villa.Can Gordini driveI dont think so. 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.Where is the gasoline park nowAt the same place. Im sending you now with the English ambulance.You.Another American.

We kissed and she broke away suddenly. One of the medical captains said the attack had been put forward an hour.Did they cross the river all rightEnormously.This is the third day.And why didnt you marryI dont know. And you play it as well as you know how. He makes big preparations. Manera said. I am well. the orderly said. Did you stay all nightYes.Also they make money out of it. If there is a war I suppose we must attack. Ill look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster.

 Evviva lesercito.Dont be angry. My legs felt warm and wet and my shoes were wet and warm inside.Kiss me. I said I was sorry. The forest had been green in the summer when we had come into the town but now there were the stumps and the broken trunks and the ground torn up. depended to a considerable extent on myself. I said. I knew that I was hit and leaned over and put my hand on my knee. Im awfully tired. I said.As the ambulance climbed along the road. Tenente. pneumonia and hard and soft chancres.

 It was the first time I had ever heard her laugh. Thats where the money comes from. that looked chalky white and furrowed. He was a tall man and wore steel rimmed spectacles. he said.It is true. He offered me a glass of cognac. Tenente. shes very nice. There was fighting for that mountain too.No.Youre sloppy. You love EnglandNot too well. Well stop by the road here.