bench and I held Catherine Barkleys hand.

 looking for cuts or stone bruises
 looking for cuts or stone bruises. although I learned it later. A shell burst short near the river bank. Im leaving now for a show up above Plava.Oh. is a short cut. she said. Baby is puzzled. I said.Bring good opera disks.Tenente. come. The lieutenant said I slipped the truss on purpose. They did very well last summer.

 But back here youve got to have papers. Maybe it would finish this summer. keeping to the side.Thank you very much. the meal was finished. Maybe he was too goodlooking to be a. It tasted of rusty metal. Manera said he hoped it would come before the bombardment started.Let me feel it.Do we have to go on and talk this wayNo. locked in the trunk. Yes. maggiore (next to the little finger). To save you trouble.

 He spread the hand again. The Englishman broke into voluble and perfect Italian. They want to get you the medaglia dargento but perhaps they can get only the bronze. it seemed. It was all right if she was. I wanted to go to the Hartz Mountains. He recognized me and waved a forceps. felt the brake come off and the clutch go in.No. He opened his trunk and took out a bottle. and relaxed. the captain said looking at the priest and at me.I will send Miss Barkley.You are so modest.

 After a while the stream from the stretcher above lessened and started to drip again and I heard and felt the canvas above move as the man on the stretcher settled more comfortably. I always thought he was French. What was the matter with this war Everybody said the French were through. They take nearly a thousand prisoners. Every night priest five against one! They all laughed again. 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. waiting for Catherine Barkley to come down. I could go to Spain if there was no war. It is disgraceful. I remembered. poured out into the glass held with the same hand; after this course. I was cold and my leg hurt so that it made me sick. the dust rising from the wheels and going off through the trees. Always with the carabinieri.

 he said. Thank you. said Rinaldi. I wore one when we went up to the posts and carried an English gas mask. The captain spoke pidgin Italian for my doubtful benefit. Now I must go back to sleep to be fresh and beautiful for Miss Barkley. Not very well. Troops went by the house and down the road and the dust they raised powdered the leaves of the trees. they would not be loaded.We might sit there just for a little while. the major said. His mother sent it to me.They cant hang every one. Two men were lifting the hernia man to put him in.

 stirred by the breeze. Its a Saint Anthony.Ill walk down with you. Jesus Christ. Uninformed. He doesnt want to see peasants.Which side is it onHere. The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. Bring a glass. No. The dead were off to one side.They were all eating. You must have done something heroic either before or after. aint this a goddam warListen.

 The door was open.And you dont have to say you love me.It is very valuable. Ive seen the holes. I could see the light come out from the dressing station when the curtain opened and they brought some one in or out. She went on down the hall. green and dark to the snow line and then white and lovely in the sun. chilblains. There is good hunting. far below. The system was to bring everything down the new road and take the empty trucks. I thought. No.I thought you said he was a Frenchman.

 I got out and told the driver to go on and that if we had not caught up to them at the junction of the road to Cormons to wait there.No. I had treated seeing Catherine very lightly. At the foot of the bed was my flat trunk. I went on home.That is not good.I will go and see. Maybe the Austrians would crack. Maria.You must go on leave at once.And youre all right I asked outside.Do you think it would be any good to try and see her tomorrowYes.Can Gordini driveI dont think so. English goddess.

 When there is really work they trust us. I said. You wont go awayNo. We were in the second army. Yes. We wont drop you again. But millions of fools like you dont know it. Didnt you see itNo. I said. Well take you back with us. Something picturesque. There was a great splashing and I saw the star shells go up and burst and float whitely and rockets going up and heard the bombs. waiting for Catherine Barkley to come down. seeing it all ahead like the moves in a chess game.

No. said Manera. I handed it to Gordini.He likes it.Ill take what you can give me.I see. Dio te salve. They had the complete marble quality of all looking alike. Manera finished. I do. I asked what time the attack was to he and they said as soon as it was dark.Were almost up. I thought he had a fine name and he came from Minnesota which made a lovely name: Ireland of Minnesota. I held her close against me and could feel her heart beating and her lips opened and her head went back against my hand and then she was crying on my shoulder.

 Maybe she would. Perhaps we should have a drink. and my winter boots. I went out swiftly. The river ran behind us and the town had been captured very handsomely but the mountains beyond it could not be taken and I was very glad the Austrians seemed to want to come back to the town some time. I suppose it was mutual tolerance because the Austrians still kept a bridgehead further down the river. the lieutenant said. and the whole thing going well on the Carso made the fall very different from the last fall when we had been in the country. capitano (next finger). Dont you want us never to attackNo. Passini said. I remembered where I was going. gentlemen.Youre a good old boy.

 and my winter boots. Priest not happy. Here they would never have arrested him.Ah. then we started.It is true. be selected by the infantry but we were supposed to work it out.As you wish.How are you. But then he wanted to go to war and I didnt know.Is there anything I can do.I love you so and its been awful. I said and went back to the house and drank another bowl of coffee at the mess table. I said.

Rinaldi was talking with the other nurse.Come. Then we saw a horse ambulance stopped by the road. Ive known him before. I kept my arm where it was. baby How do you feel I bring you this It was a bottle of cognac. One thing after another. You walk up and down. I watched the snow falling. Now the fighting was in the next mountains beyond and was not a mile away. Inexperienced.Outside the post a great many of us lay on the ground in the dark.We sat down on a bench and I looked at her.They are big through the chest by measurement.

 though. He could have had anything he wanted if I would have known. There was a little shelter of green branches outside over the entrance and in the dark the night wind rustled the leaves dried by the sun. are youOh. I said. He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat. Ahead there was a rounded turn off in the road to the right and looking down I could see the road dropping through the trees.They dont give them like that. Im all right. As soon as I get the papers on these wounded Ill take you along the road and drop you with your medical officers. I looked in the door of the big room and saw the major sitting at his desk. Always with the carabinieri. She stood up and put out her hand. They were afraid.

 You will please come and make me a good impression on her. Genoa was the place to see the bad marbles. Now the fighting was in the next mountains beyond and was not a mile away.I looked outside. the lieutenant said. Firenze. This took place at B?ziers. I wished I were in Milan with her. Nothing. They had always cracked in other wars.Sit down. I myself felt as badly as he did and could not understand why I had not gone.A shell fell close and they both dropped to the ground and dropped me. Please put your hand there again.

 baby. In the dark it was like summer lightning.What is the differenceA nurse is like a doctor.I am sorry. I wore one when we went up to the posts and carried an English gas mask. Tenente.They wont crack here.I can come here though.You are sweet. as the road mounted along the ridge. I am an atheist. There was nothing to write about.I think you do not know anything about being conquered and so you think it is not bad.We sat on the flat stone bench and I held Catherine Barkleys hand.