something for him. You do me a translation and I will send it to The Lancet.

 Alpini would
 Alpini would. thats nothing to how it will feel later.Do you like itVery much.Isnt there anywhere we can goNo. Ive known him before. I said. The posts for the cars would have to be as near the river as they could get and keep covered. because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way. Ive seen your Tenente. The shutters were up but it was still going on inside. looking up from the paper. out of the bandages. Rocca ignored this and went on to explain the joke to me. At the first battle you all run.

 Go on. I said. Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes. The cars would be all right with their good metaltometal brakes and anyway. I said. felt him climb up into the front seat.As the ambulance climbed along the road. Do you have to take me to that regimentYes. Where it had run down under my shirt it was warm and sticky. Alpini would. how do you feel Where is that damn corkscrew You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering. I always thought he was French. went downstairs. Nothing to do.

Yes. maggiore (next to the little finger). I tried to make out whether they were members of the family or what; but they were all uniformly classical. It was quite evident he had stolen the bonds. I dont go there any more. We go whorehouse before it shuts. looking out of the window of the bawdy house. Go on. it was dark and the Austrian search lights were moving on the mountains behind us. where I sat with a friend and two glasses drinking a bottle of Asti. I forget exactly what they were. We wont drop you again. then stood up. and of which I had never heard.

 Gavuzzi handed me the basin of macaroni. Well.So you make progress with Miss BarkleyWe are friends. Somebody was singing. Macedonias. All the officers were very happy. I waked the orderly and he poured mineral water on the dressings. The priest smiled and blushed and shook his head. Jesus Christ.Passini shook his head. darling. Manera said. I said. brushed my hair and we started.

I saw Catherine Barkley coming down the hall.You are so modest.Its a charming place. he pointed to the thumb. if the war should end. I myself felt as badly as he did and could not understand why I had not gone.I have brought him in.You drive. It is disgraceful.Abbastanza bene. I am just more affectionate. she said. he said. darling.

 It has been put back again.He does really. good luck and Vive la France. It took the enamel off your teeth and left it on the roof of your mouth. It was quiet.Thats nothing. folded it without rising from the bed and slid it in his breeches pocket. I said. when you lie here all the time in the hot weather dont you get excitedSometimes. I turned her so I could see her face when I kissed her and I saw that her eyes were shut. the tiny man with the long thin neck and the goat beard. Gordini stood up and went outside with me. please.When you come back bring a phonograph.

 Inside the dugout were the three drivers sitting against the wall. He bandaged. he said.No.You were sweet to tell me. that there had been three others. I was experiencing the masculine difficulty of making love very long standing up. you cant kiss me here. I looked at the tires carefully. They come back for me. You like herNo.I dont believe a word of this. Some of the wounded were noisy but most were quiet. the fighting in the mountains beyond the town.

 Rinin. We walked to the door and I saw her go in and down the hall. He had to sign the proposition for the citation. We stood outside the door on the patch and he said. We passed a long column of loaded mules. There were troops on this road and motor trucks and mules with mountain guns and as we went down.What is itThe man on the stretcher over me has a hemorrhage. I must make on Miss Barkley the impression of a man of sufficient wealth. It is disgraceful. hauling them back from the mountains to the clearing station and then distributing them to the hospitals named on their papers. holding the cheese. I said. It was what I had wanted to do and I tried to explain how one thing had led to another and finally he saw it and understood that I had really wanted to go and it was almost all right. There were many more guns in the country around and the spring had come.

Certainly not.I did not say anything. It was Passini and when I touched him he screamed. Now I must go back to sleep to be fresh and beautiful for Miss Barkley. The priest accepted it as a joke. I was there and reading of it in the paper.Where have you beenAt the Villa Rossa. he said. But the little Scotch one is very nice. All alone at the war with no new girls.You.You must go on leave at once. had some coffee in the kitchen and went out to the garage. We were in the second army.

 I leaned forward in the dark to kiss her and there was a sharp stinging flash. but not losing sight of the priest. It was one of those things that gave you a false feeling of soldiering. Let them keep their sisters in the house. they stopped them.This isnt a deep dugout. I had a drink with a captain that I knew in one of the dugouts and went back across the bridge.Some of the officers went alone. I was after him. under a hill beyond the river.Hes an American.He should go to Palermo. Maria. They all laughed.

I washed. chilblains. isnt itWhat gameDont be dull. Youre not an Italian. His helmet was off and his forehead was bleeding below the hair line.I have to get washed and report. Thats all I know. Id be glad to kiss you if you dont mind.Goodnight. they would not be loaded. We passed a long column of loaded mules.If I go back theyll make me get operated on and then theyll put me in the line all the time. They were laughing. Its in the bulletin.

 Tenente. Inside they were operating on all the tables. The tall English driver came around and looked in. Now everything is arranged. So I went to the jail. Id be glad to kiss you if you dont mind. the priest said.Priest not happy. He laughed.No.He cant do anything about it anyway.So you make progress with Miss BarkleyWe are friends. Listen. he said.

 said the driver in Italian looking at the hernia man. It was a nuisance to have them there but it was a comfort that they were no bigger. I said. You should go on leave.Not Strega. 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. We dont go out. drink that. I had been driving and I sat in the car and the driver took the papers in. Let him go to centres of culture and civilization. TenenteNo.What is her nameFerguson. They picked me up and took me into the dressing room. We do get along.

 All fire and smoke and nothing inside. They are too stupid. the major said. said the major. The war was changed too. Then the major told the story of the eleven Czechoslovaks and the Hungarian corporal. Theres no work now. I said. You cant. They were top-heavy. No one to make fun of.All thinking men are atheists.

I took out my knife. said Passini and spat on the floor. Well all eat. Its not a wound. There is nothing as bad as war. Two men were lifting the hernia man to put him in. he said when he saw me.That night at the mess I sat next to the priest and he was disappointed and suddenly hurt that I had not gone to the Abruzzi. You havent any fracture.Ive heard about it.Ill be right here. as when a blast furnace door is swung open.

Yes. the lieutenant said. the broken houses of the little town that was to be taken.The whole thing seemed to run better while I was away. yes. Im all right. I believe we should get the war over. No.Oh I love to tease you.Oh.I wanted to do something for him. You do me a translation and I will send it to The Lancet.