hands and he put his arm around my neck and kissed me.

 It was all as I had left it except that now it was spring
 It was all as I had left it except that now it was spring. the major said. I had it in the car. he said. mama Mia I pulled and twisted and got my legs loose finally and turned around and touched him. she said.Its not serious I hope. and in the fall when the rains came the leaves all fell from the chestnut trees and the branches were bare and the trunks black with rain. We were in the second army.Good. I felt the engine start.That was a big trench mortar.

 In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders. to take a shower.A sergeant shot two officers who would not get out. He looked like a king.Dont get angry. But no. said Rinaldi. But marble busts all looked like a cemetery. I thought she was probably a little crazy. But as long as you drive the cars and behave  and dont talk so other officers can hear. brought by Gordini who looked very white and sick. Suddenly to care very much and to sleep to wake with it sometimes morning and all that had been there gone and everything sharp and hard and clear and sometimes a dispute about the cost.

 So were all on very special behavior.Goodnight. I should drink cup for cup and glass for glass with Bassi. I said. Naples. then stopped and kissed her. helping ourselves to wine from the grasscovered gallon flask; it swung in a metal cradle and you pulled the neck of the flask down with the forefinger and the wine.Im not. There was a cough. The drivers were pleased with it and I left them there. the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. Why do you get yourself woundedYou can make fun of the priest.

Id really rather. were on the trunk. I am now in love with Miss Barkley. Tenente Can I help in any way He was the quietest one of the four. I said. Thats what keeps you from being court martialled for self inflicted wounds. because they found the three per cent bonds on his person. I said. In the jolt of my head I heard somebody crying. It was hard and slippery. They come and make you be a soldier again. The shutters were up but it was still going on inside.

 Shell be off then. No.Im so sorry. The only son of the American Ambassador. Poor dear baby. Ill be wise like you.You dont need to say a lot of nonsense. a noise like a railway engine starting and then an explosion that shook the earth again.He likes it. It is a disgrace that they should stay so long that they become friends. hung over the two beds.I did not say anything.

 One of their drivers came over to me.It was dark outside and the long light from the search lights was moving over the mountains. 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. Im Scotch.I sat in the reception hail of the villa. He made a gesture and laughed loudly. Passini was dead. I knew that I was hit and leaned over and put my hand on my knee. I had it in the car. His mother sent it to me. At the gate of the driveway that led up to the British villa.Oh.

Bersaglieri have run too. Ill paint all this and Does that sting Good.Thank God I did not become involved with the British. Id be glad to kiss you if you dont mind. I will probably marry Miss Barkley.I thought it over. Rocca said.Outside the post a great many of us lay on the ground in the dark. sucked and snapped in the ends. It is just bad administration.Oh.Its better to wear him.

 There were troops on this road and motor trucks and mules with mountain guns and as we went down. I will send the liaison officer. One side must stop fighting. so she loves Scotland better than England. maam. I helped him down. I had been up the river to the bridgehead at Plava. that nothing should be lost. but it was not successful. He started with the upright thumb and named in their order the thumb and four fingers.Priest every night five against one.Goodnight.

 His breath went away. the smashed tunnel by the river where the fighting had been. I told them what I had heard. I will write you cards to my family in Amalfi.Sit down to it. Bring him a glass of brandy. First we passed the regiment. Will you have a cigaretteThanks.You. I could see the light come out from the dressing station when the curtain opened and they brought some one in or out. Passini said. I said.

Bacchus. drunk. At first it dropped slowly and regularly.Come. Laugh. We drank rum and it was very friendly. You do me a translation and I will send it to The Lancet.65 caliber with a short barrel and it jumped so sharply when you let it off that there was no question of hitting anything.Shes not awfully well.All right. Priest never with girls. That made the bed damp and cool.

Most of them dont. green and dark to the snow line and then white and lovely in the sun. I said.I have one. Dear Catherine. Not very well. They were hospitals beyond the river. Tenente. one of the captains said.I thought it over.The day had been hot. I followed his hands with my eyes.

 He bandaged.There were small gray motor cars that passed going very fast usually there was an officer on the seat with the driver and more officers in the back seat.They dont give them like that. went to call on Miss Barkley. Manera said. Maybe he was too goodlooking to be a. I put thumb and fingers into the macaroni and lifted. While I rubbed myself with a towel I looked around the room and out the window and at Rinaldi lying with his eyes closed on the bed. Dio te salve. I said. I saw a third range of mountains. lifting the spaghetti on the fork until the loose strands hung clear then lowering it into the mouth.

Ill bring it to you. They did very well last summer.We sat on the flat stone bench and I held Catherine Barkleys hand. I tried to move but I could not move. She wore what seemed to me to be a nurses uniform. then stood up. I helped him down. Sometimes all niceness gone and glad to get out on the street but always another day starting and then another night.We walked on a way and were stopped under a tree. Gordini could not drive. She waved again and then I was out of the driveway and climbing up into the seat of the ambulance and we started.We shook hands and he put his arm around my neck and kissed me.