were holes dug in the bank with infantry in them.

 I am an atheist
 I am an atheist. would you he asked. I hope you feel better. He came in very fast and bent down over the bed and kissed me. They take your sisters.Lets drop it anyway.And you call me CatherineCatherine. she said. You will please come and make me a good impression on her.Four for 105. Bacchus. People lived on in it and there were hospitals and cafe and artillery up side streets and two bawdy houses.We might sit there just for a little while. long 6.The captain. I said.

We looked at each other in the dark. 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. I identified them by their red and white striped collar mark. But youre very nice. He didnt have a sabre cut. Outside the sergeant adjutant knelt down beside me where I lay. isnt there I was brought up to think there was. Through the other noise I heard a cough. the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. Hes coming to see you. Every one at the table laughed.Not reallyNever.They talked too much at the mess and I drank wine because tonight we were not all brothers unless I drank a little and talked with the priest about Archbishop Ireland who was. I had it in the car.How you like this goddam warRotten.Its a silly front.

 lieutenant We wont get a chance to eat after this thing starts. He has a rendezvous. sometimes it backed on a turn.Were you there. Halfway through the wine I did not want any more. I was still angry and as I held her suddenly she shivered. I said. To the north we could look across a valley and see a forest of chestnut trees and behind it another mountain on this side of the river.Let me feel it. Im leaving now for a show up above Plava. Dio te salve.Say. It cost fifteen lire. I wanted to go to Austria without war. Catherine.Abbastanza bene.

 In the town there were more guns. He slapped the bed with his glove. Some one probably got it at one of the dressing stations. darling. and the argument went on. The trunks of the trees too were dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw the troops marching along the road and the dust rising and leaves.They wont crack here. Beautiful young girlsaccompanied by their mothers. He stopped working and smiled.We went on eating. It was in France of course. the meal was finished. But I do with you.Im dreadfully sorry. I hope you feel better. the steel helmet on the same peg.

 Would you like a drink of brandy How did you run into this thing anyway What were you trying to do Commit suicide Antitetanus please. He was the Kings uncle and commanded the third army. There was one smashed bridge across the river. Those of us that were awake talked across the ward. Sometimes I think you and he are a little that way. They took off my trousers and the medical captain commenced dictating to the sergeant adjutant while he worked. It was impossible to salute foreigners as an Italian. Are they going to have an offensiveYes. You walk up and down. I said. havent youYes. I think not.Savoia. I thought she was very beautiful and I took her hand. My legs felt warm and wet and my shoes were wet and warm inside.Rinaldi was talking with the other nurse.

 They lifted me onto the table. and his hair shone. then took a bite of cheese.A whatAn ignorant wop. I was a fool not to. 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.Hell say I did it on purpose.I thought it over. We went along the rough new military road that followed the crest of the ridge and I looked to the north at the two ranges of mountains. It looked as though it might be a mess. an ambulance was waiting by the side door and inside the door.That doesnt matter.No. In the town there were more guns. the smashed tunnel by the river where the fighting had been.Are you very tired she asked.

 He doesnt want to see peasants.Id really rather. There was one smashed bridge across the river. however. Where it had run down under my shirt it was warm and sticky.I sat on a chair and held my cap. he said. It does not go so well. It is just bad administration. she said. he said. Where did you meet her In the Cova Where did you go How did you feel Tell me everything at once.He likes it. I said. It was Miss Ferguson. Inside the dugout were the three drivers sitting against the wall.

I saw Catherine Barkley coming down the hall. Every one at the table laughed. an ambulance was waiting by the side door and inside the door.It was just beyond where we turned off.I think we can get you the silver. I had a very fine little show and Im all right now. Rinaldi shook his head. It was quite evident he had stolen the bonds. 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. I asked him what happened and he said.No. They were afraid. Inside there was a light.Leave him alone. With a sabre cut. and well see.

 Manera and Gavuzzi each went off with a load of wounded. she said. marched as though they were six months gone with child. spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket.You sons of bitches. I made sure he was dead. stupid from inexperience. Now he was bandaging.Another American.Do you want to very muchYes. There were many more guns in the country around and the spring had come. I am an atheist. No. 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.Somebody said you should be able to learn it in two weeks. Some one probably got it at one of the dressing stations.

We shook hands and he put his arm around my neck and kissed me. They come back for me. Its only the ambulance. After some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny.Ill see you in a little while. Mama mama mia. She came back from wherever she had been.I dont believe it.5 mm.Because the captain doctor knew I had this rupture.Oh. It was in France of course.Not true asked the captain. Tenente. baby. I translated.

 Whats the matter with this machineIts no good. I was riding in the first car and as we passed the entry to the British hospital I told the driver to stop. I would eat quickly and go and see Catherine Barkley. Do you suffer much Have a drink. Shall attack!The priest nodded.He walked across to the dressing station. I remember having a silly idea he might come to the hospital where I was. baby. I sat beside him. Through the other noise I heard a cough. There was that beginning of a feeling of dryness in the nose that meant the day would be hot later on.Im English.Youre a good old boy. I breathed and I was back. But the little Scotch one is very nice. Im Scotch.

About the soup. But Im back now. I lay still and let the pain ride. Manera lit his lighter and passed it around.Not reallyNever. As I looked out at the garden I heard a motor truck starting on the road.All right. 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.Goodnight. 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. He recognized me and waved a forceps.All right. I said I thought they had them. undid my tunic and tried to rip the tail of my shirt. The battery fired twice and the air came each time like a blow and shook the window and made the front of my pajamas flap. We go whorehouse before it shuts.

 When I got home it was too late and I did not see Miss Barkley until the next evening. What kind of time did you haveMagnificent.Do you like itVery much.Yes.Were almost up.Say. D. and went in under the shed and looked at each of the cars.The Pope wants the Austrians to win the war. I came back the next afternoon from our first mountain post and stopped the car at the smistimento where the wounded and sick were sorted by their papers and the papers marked for the different hospitals.There was great laughter from everybody. Profound wounds of right knee and foot. You only pretend to be American. Im sorry. Im sorry for your head. I said.

 But dont bring a lot of Italians. After some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny. As I looked out at the garden I heard a motor truck starting on the road. He drank a half tumbler of cognac. I wished to God it was over though. To the silver medal. isnt itWhat gameDont be dull. I waked the orderly and he poured mineral water on the dressings.It sounds very funny nowCatherine. the leather shiny with oil. felt him climb up into the front seat.I went out to look at the cars and see what was going on and then came back and sat down in the dugout with the four drivers. But even the peasants know better than to believe in a war. He has a rendezvous. What inflicted the woundsThe medical captain. Name he asked softly.

 Bring on something serious.You will. I liked to watch her move. There were mists over the river and clouds on the mountain and the trucks splashed mud on the road and the troops were muddy and wet in their capes their rifles were wet and under their capes the two leather cartridge-boxes on the front of the belts. The sun was going down and the day was cooling off.Here is the American Tenente.I didnt say anything.I would like you to see Abruzzi and visit my family at Capracotta. I said that was a foul lie and. she said. I said in Italian. He was a tall man and wore steel rimmed spectacles. Outside it was nearly dark. and tenentecolonello (the little finger). He stopped the car and looked in through the hole behind his seat. The two captains took off their coats.

 Im leaving now for a show up above Plava. selfinflicted wounds. he said.It wasnt that way with the granatieri. No one to lend me money. Beautiful young girlsaccompanied by their mothers. Thats the end of it.Whats the matter nowNew rings. we knew it was all over for that year. Oh Jesus lovely Mary stop it. I am very moved to see you badly wounded.Sure. You must have done something heroic either before or after. I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it.That will be nice.Do you think it would be any good to try and see her tomorrowYes.

 My knee wasnt there. The tall English driver came around and looked in.Where were the Hartz Mountains anyway They were fighting in the Carpathians. I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it. I love you so. Goodby.No. an ambulance was waiting by the side door and inside the door. That is true. who was on duty. without embarrassment.You dont go at allI just go to see if there is anything new. Maybe she would. The Saint Anthony was in a little white metal capsule.Cough.Passinis dead.

The priest smiled. I should drink cup for cup and glass for glass with Bassi.Couldnt you take me no place elseIf it was closer to the front I could take you to a first medical post.A rivederci. With a girl it is painful. the trees around the square and the long avenue of trees that led to the square; these with there being girls in the town. the major said to the two stretcher bearers.And youre all right I asked outside. Manera said he hoped it would come before the bombardment started. below in the town. Beautiful young girlsaccompanied by their mothers.Im awfully sorry.Four hundred twenty or minnenwerfer. All the drivers wore puttees but Passini had only one leg. He said it was true and by the corpse of Bacchus we would test whether it was true or not. The road here was below the level of the river bank and all along the side of the sunken road there were holes dug in the bank with infantry in them.