Always in Rome. Everybody is proud of you.

 I would have married him or anything
 I would have married him or anything.Oughf. I went on home. Dont be a bloody hero.There are three others. hauling them back from the mountains to the clearing station and then distributing them to the hospitals named on their papers.We drove fast when we were over the bridge and soon we saw the dust of the other cars ahead down the road. close behind the lines. It was all right with me.I walked behind her out into the garden. isnt there I was brought up to think there was. They poured me more wine and I told the story about the English private soldier who was placed under the shower bath.Bassi wins. It was quiet for a moment still. Thank you. There is nothing as bad as war.

 How are the girlsThere are no girls.Have you seen Miss BarkleyI will bring her here. . opened it. One killed and the fellow that brought you.You dont believe me We will go now this afternoon and see.Well crack.Quite well. I said. It was all right with me. We went for a stretcher but there wasnt any. Then. 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. What kind of time did you haveMagnificent. Manera said. You go away sototenente! You come back sotocolonello! They all laughed.

 They told me you were on duty. The offensive was going to start again I heard.Yes there is.Id really rather. They take your home.Not Strega. This had been the villa of a very wealthy German and the busts must have cost him plenty. We stood outside the door on the patch and he said. 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. There are a few real wounded.I translated this for Miss Ferguson.Were almost up. Everybody was in the dugouts. and healthy. Tenente. Youre a very good boy.

I lifted it to arms length and the strands cleared.Captain doctor (interested in something he was finding). Manera said.I thought it over. The earth of the dugout was warm and dry and I let my shoulders back against the wall. Milan. the pillars with the marble busts. coming down. At the gate of the driveway that led up to the British villa. baby. I made sure he was dead. Tenente. I looked back and saw Rinaldi standing watching me and waved to him. Ill look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster. left the car at the dressing station under the hill. Then there was one that we did not hear coming until the sudden rush.

 . It was not wide enough either to carry all the transport for an offensive and the Austrians could make a shambles out of it. You were liable to arrest if you did not have one worn in plain sight.I have to go. Maybe you will get an English medal too. He shook his head at me. But if you have had it you know. They were seventysevens and came with a whishing rush of air. It looked wide and well made with a good grade and the turns looked very impressive where you could see them through openings in the forest on the mountain side. 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. isnt there I was brought up to think there was. the major said. It was Miss Ferguson. He recognized me and waved a forceps. You have a good time The others all grinned too. There is only one difference between taking a girl who has always been good and a woman.

The granatieri are tall.Three hundred fives. I remembered. I wished to God it was over though.Rinaldi poured himself another glass of the cognac. Rinaldi was sitting on the bed with a copy of Hugos English grammar. And you will come and see meOf course. His legs are very painful.Priest not with girls.Are you hit badly he asked. baby. I could look down through the woods and see.I lifted it to arms length and the strands cleared. I will send the liaison officer. I leaned forward in the dark to kiss her and there was a sharp stinging flash. I wanted to go to the Black Forest.

 It seemed no more dangerous to me myself than war in the movies. Get out of here. And you never know if the girl will really like it.Goodnight.Splendid. Shall attack!The priest nodded. God.Bersaglieri. How is your poor head I looked at your papers. His nose was skinned and there was dust on the bloody patch and dust in his hair. God. He shook his head at me. Manera said he hoped it would come before the bombardment started.Rinaldi was talking with the other nurse.Can Gordini driveI dont think so.I know it is bad but we must finish it.

 At the post on the top they took the stretcher out and put another in and we went on. I said in English. in order that I might understand perfectly.That was because it was first. Will you have a cigaretteThanks.Id rather wait. Its only the ambulance.He likes it. Manera said. baby.Look at the bump. They told me you were on duty. and then I heard close to me some one saying Mama Mia Oh. folded it without rising from the bed and slid it in his breeches pocket. There were many marble busts on painted wooden pillars along the walls of the room they used for an office. While I was looking at him he opened his eyes.

Yes. Priest not happy. He bellows. We read.He should have fine girls. she said. They seemed glad to see me and in a little while Miss Ferguson excused herself and went away. Goodnight. looking out of the window of the bawdy house. Manera said. The road curved and we saw the three cars looking quite small. Do you suffer much Have a drink. all this in a moment.How did you happen to do that Why didnt you join up with usI dont know. on the street. Some bersaglieri.

Arent you a nurseOh. That should handle them. coming down. You havent any fracture. Maybe she would pretend that I was her boy that was killed and we would go in the front door and the porter would take off his cap and I would stop at the concierges desk and ask for the key and she would stand by the elevator and then we would get in the elevator and it would go up very slowly clicking at all the floors and then our floor and the boy would open the door and stand there and she would step out and I would step out and we would walk down the hall and I would put the key in the door and open it and go in and then take down the telephone and ask them to send a bottle of capri bianca in a silver bucket full of ice and you would hear the ice against the pail coming down the condor and the boy would knock and I would say leave it outside the door please.I say its rotten. In the morning they came to each bed in turn.There is a class that controls a country that is stupid and does not realize anything and never can. I said. as when a blast furnace door is swung open. I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it. Some wore their steel helmets but most of them carried them slung from their packs. But they say a Saint Anthonys very useful. Tenente. baby. Passini said.

Hello. Ill clean this up a little. It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. The orderly was listening behind the desk. It was Miss Ferguson. The Saint Anthony was in a little white metal capsule. Jt was warm and like the spring and I walked down the alleyway of trees.Here. The hall too. His right hand left the wheel and opened a button on his tunic and pulled it out from under his shirt. I lowered it into the mouth.I thought it over. The telescope that fitted it was. I said. Oh Jesus lovely Mary stop it. It was very hot and when I woke my legs itched.

 We passed a long column of loaded mules. You know more about it than I do. holding the cheese.Arent you a nurseOh. because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way. and his hair shone. He spread the hand again.It doesnt finish. Bless me. the others dusty. This was better than going every evening to the house for officers where the girls climbed all over you and put your cap on backward as a sign of affection between their trips upstairs with brother officers. We dont go out.All right. so she loves Scotland better than England. baby. When people realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy.

 It was that which shook my faith. But its very beautiful. Will you have a cigaretteThanks.Priest not happy. he pointed to the thumb. Ill clean this up a little. He said it was true and by the corpse of Bacchus we would test whether it was true or not. You should go to Rome. I drove coming back and went fast with the empty car to find the man from Pittsburgh. To save you trouble. No one to make fun of. The sun was going down and the day was cooling off. she said.Im awfully sorry. I felt him in his metal box against my chest while we drove. as I said.

 Dont you read it. It was a hot day and there were many flies in the room. I said.I sat in the reception hail of the villa.Do you suppose it will always go onNo. I said.He should go to Palermo.A rivederla. there was a soldier sitting on a bench outside in the sun. Ill clean this up a little.Rinaldi was talking with the other nurse. baby.Whats the matter nowNew rings. I know all about it now. Lots of them would have liked him to be king.The priest was young and blushed easily and wore a uniform like the rest of us but with a cross in dark red velvet above the left breast pocket of his gray tunic.

 The hall too. Go on. Carabinieri shot them. At the post on the top they took the stretcher out and put another in and we went on.He was gone. I could have given him that anyway. Mama mama mia. I told them what I had heard. A mass loosened. on purpose. Your lovely cool goddess. In the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders. The earth of the dugout was warm and dry and I let my shoulders back against the wall. the broken houses of the little town that was to be taken.When I got back to the villa it was five oclock and I went out where we washed the cars.Yes.

 She came back from wherever she had been. They blew him all to bits.Yes. I am listening. The stream kept on. 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.A sergeant shot two officers who would not get out.I lifted it to arms length and the strands cleared. One of their drivers came over to me. she said. Today I see priest with girls. I said. and tenentecolonello (the little finger). Jesus Christ. The grappa was very strong. It was all right if she was.

 They were very nice and we had a big evening. Well all eat. Not in the auto ambulance. close behind the lines. His mother sent it to me. whether or not things were obtainable.A rivederla. one of the captains said. But dont bring a lot of Italians. the captain commenced picking on the priest. Theres not really any war of that sort down here. or else using a continuous lift and sucking into the mouth. and stopped at the main dressing station. It was quiet.Dont go. and really you are just like me underneath.

 Its much cooler.Im dreadfully sorry. We were in the second army. He breathed very heavily. and I knew I was dead and that it had all been a mistake to think you just died. Fragments of enemy trench mortar shell. I am an atheist. What made it pretty was that it sounded like Island. Rinaldi shook his head. It was very edifying.Dont go. No. You dont have to pretend you love me. He can be here until you are ready to take him. Always in Rome. Everybody is proud of you.