misunderstandings. I knew I would not be killed.

 Youre a very good boy
 Youre a very good boy. 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. 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. The priest looked up.Slit the tunic. and one day at the end of the fall when I was out where the oak forest had been I saw a cloud coming over the mountain.Come on. Get well soon. I lay still and let the pain ride. great general but he looked like a man. isnt heYes. But the little Scotch one is very nice. after all. long 6.It was because we were scared.Im quite well.

 The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. She did not seem tall walking toward me but she looked very lovely.No. the major said over his shoulder.Ill be right here. sometimes it stopped. I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. the bare ground was covered.Two carabinieri held the car up.Im quite well. Ill take it very easily. really.It is probably to draw attention from where the real attack will be.Have you seen Miss BarkleyI will bring her here. he said. wop.

 Miss Barkley was quite tall. soldiers would.Ill get some. after all. I said to the priest. I thought I was coming back. I said. 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.Oh. be selected by the infantry but we were supposed to work it out. I was angry and yet certain. said Bassi. Anybody may crack. You go away sototenente! You come back sotocolonello! They all laughed. What was the matter with this war Everybody said the French were through. I just couldnt stand the nurseseveningoff aspect of it.

 A. But the Italians had crossed and spread out a little way on the far side to hold about a mile and a half on the Austrian side of the river. selfinflicted wounds. What hit youMe. which was protected by a shoulder of the mountain. Something landed outside that shook the earth.They cant do anything. Now they try to forget it.Later. Not in this war. Goodnight. Passini said sarcastically. Laugh. darling. out of the bandages. They told me you were on duty.

 Tenente Gavuzzi asked. I sat beside him.Are you hit badly he asked. It was there that the offensive was to begin. Hes coming to see you. said Passini. I said. Well crack in France. At the first battle you all run. the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. It has been put back again.In the ward at the field hospital they told me a visitor was coming to see me in the afternoon. I could go to Spain if there was no war. Ill look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster. Mr.

 It tells you about those priests.After a while we said good-night and left. I would have liked to drive over the new road but it was not yet finished.Look at the bump. painted gray and built like moving-vans. Did you think I was Italian There were some Italians with one of our units. How is GordiniHes all right. I watched the snow falling. The two captains took off their coats. baby. she said.Goodevening. Oh you should see what I did in the removal of three metres of small intestine and better now than ever. They wouldnt attack if they did.In the legs. You go away sototenente! You come back sotocolonello! They all laughed.

In the ward at the field hospital they told me a visitor was coming to see me in the afternoon.I dont know. the water clear. I never hurt anybody. would you he asked. Thats the end of it.An outside nation cant make you be a soldier.After a while I walked with her to the door of the villa and she went in and I walked home. Theres not really any war of that sort down here.Two carabinieri held the car up. Thats what keeps you from being court martialled for self inflicted wounds. I said. Middle name First name Rank Where born What class What corps and so on. father. Manera said.I see.

 he said. I never hurt anybody.She looked at me. It is the captain.The next afternoon I went to call on Miss Barkley again.J started down the driveway. A little that way like the number of the first regiment of the Brigata Ancona. I will take you to call.Of course they do.I went back to the majors dugout and he said the field kitchen would be along and the drivers could come and get their stew.Yes. He stooped to go under the doorway and went out. Today I see priest with girls. Rocca ignored this and went on to explain the joke to me. I just couldnt stand the nurseseveningoff aspect of it.Rinaldi went out with me.

Yes. They tell me youre an American. He bent over me. I saw the blanket open. He denied all knowledge of the five per cent bonds.If everybody would not attack the war would be over. You rarely find any one any good this close to the front. Gavuzzi has your legs. far below. I had treated seeing Catherine very lightly.Dont bring Caruso. It was half of the brigata Basilicata. He went back inside. Yes. he said. They seemed glad to see me and in a little while Miss Ferguson excused herself and went away.

 Yes. Its not a wound. I said. father.Oh I love to tease you. I said. baby.Oh.No. The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge.Priest wants us never to attack. she said. His breath went away. the orderly said. Your goddesses.Poor Rinaldi.

 We went for a stretcher but there wasnt any. and relaxed. Then I floated. Perhaps it start again. I went on home.Its very hard.Its Manera. Youre not an Italian. the camion stopped a little off the road.Im English. People lived on in it and there were hospitals and cafe and artillery up side streets and two bawdy houses.Shes nice. They all ask for you. It was all right if she was.5 mm. sometimes it stopped.

 he said. I stop by. His helmet was off and his forehead was bleeding below the hair line. I said. went to the jail and asked to see the priest. I said. But it was checked and in the end only seven thousand died of it in the army. I was still angry and as I held her suddenly she shivered. Outside the sergeant adjutant knelt down beside me where I lay. Besides. Another nurse was with her. My father is a famous hunter. Evviva lesercito. the captain commenced picking on the priest. I am positive you will get the silver. He is the legitimate son of President Wilson.

 Inexperienced. They were hospitals beyond the river.The day had been hot. Sometimes I think you and he are a little that way. Perhaps.Captain doctor (interested in something he was finding). Not Ba?chus. These V. You get out and fall down by the road and get a bump on your head and Ill pick you up on our way back and take you to a hospital. I said. Im awfully tired.All right.Captain doctor (interested in something he was finding). He spread the hand again. He took my glass and filled it.I thought you said he was a Frenchman.

 and other trucks with loads covered with canvas that moved slower in the traffic.Be a good boy and be careful. It would have been impolite not to have known something of them when I had listened to such a splendid explanation of their causes which were. he said. 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. In a little while we would say insulting things. I asked him what happened and he said.We looked at each other in the dark. Ill be wise like you.Rinaldi picked up the candle. Dio te salve. 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. and good news.Goodnight. there was a soldier sitting on a bench outside in the sun. I like the simpler pleasures.

 The Britisher leaned over.Its way out.You have beautiful hair.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.A new wide road was being finished that would go over the mountain and zigzag down to the bridge. After I leave here Ill go see that English and hell get you an English medal. I said.Savoia. His legs are very painful. I opened the capsule and spilled him out into my hand.Its better to wear him.Loan me fifty lire.Ill leave you two. I dont mind at all. He paused and thought. Some of the wounded were noisy but most were quiet.

 I dressed. E. He hoped the road would not jam. I say its rotten. Tenente Can I help in any way He was the quietest one of the four. Everybody was in the dugouts. said the major. Theres no work now. I was blown up while we were eating cheese. The lieutenant said I slipped the truss on purpose.Shes not awfully well. Something picturesque. At the post on the top they took the stretcher out and put another in and we went on. to ride along the road across the plain and deliver the wounded at the two hospitals. I looked across the wire at the Austrian lines. sometimes it backed on a turn.

 You like herNo. Im all right. We crossed the brickyard. I said. D. I said. said the major. who was on duty. the steel helmet on the same peg. the smooth functioning of the business of removing wounded and sick from the dressing stations. I went on home. I would eat quickly and go and see Catherine Barkley.All right. A shell had fallen and while we waited three others fell up the road. misunderstandings. I knew I would not be killed.