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ess5tial4 ,! ,draw+ & ,col\r mat]ials   
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,,liqueur    ,tonic4 ,/imulat+4         
,non-,alcoholic4    ,! ,times says3 #8,x
 is an excell5t n]ve tonic1 & is        
especially good  = keep+ ! bra9 cle> &  
active4'    ,kola is e/imat$ to be five 
times z su/a9+ z ,cocoa1 & also         
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,?is n]ve /imulant & food1 al?\gh little
 kn[n 9 ,europe1 f9ds  a ready sale 9   
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 has be5 well recognis$ = ! pa/ #be     
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,,unconqu]$3 ,,an ,,episode ,,( #aiad4  
,,by ,,maud ,,div]4    ,copyright1      
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 ( ,am]ica4        #8,! />s are ?re%$ & 
! s\ls are ?re%$ f _! husks4'           
,,blake4      ,,*apt] ,i4        #8,:om 

does love conc]n save ! lov] & ! belov$8
 ,yet its      impact deluges a ?\s&    
%ores4'                                 
,e4 ,m4 ,,=/]4    ,sir ,m>k ,=sy? pu%$  
back 8 *air1 left ! d9n]-table1 &       
/roll$ ov] to ! bay w9d[4 ,he drew out 8
 cig>ette-case1 b  app>5tly =got to op5 
x4 ,he /ood !re1 look+ out across !     
g>d51 t m]g$ into rocky spaces ( hea!r &
 brack51 &  culm9at$ 9 an abrupt desc5t 
to ! lo*4 ,l[ above ! d>k5+  hills !    
sunset spl5d\r flam$ along ! horizon1 & 
all ! wat]s  b5ea? 7 alight ) ! transi5t
 glory4 ,b ! man's face wore !  ab/ract$
 air ( "o :o dwells ^u an inn] vision4  
,?\gh ! subdu$  fl[ ( talk beh9d him    
ent]$ 8 e>s1 x did n seem to rea* 8     
bra94 #8,bobs1' 8 devot$ ,iri% t]ri]1   
crept out f "u ! table  &1 jo9+ 8 ma/]1 
made sundry infallible bids = att5tion1 
)\t success4    ,pres5tly allur+ :iffs (
 cig>ette smoke1 intrud+ on 8 dreams1   
rem9d$ ,sir ,m>k ( ! unop5$ case 9 8 h&4
    #8,i vote = c(fee on ! t]race1 ,"m1'
 he said1 turn+ 8 eyes  f ! glory )\t to

 ! dimness ( ! unlight$ d9+ room4 #8,!n 
we'll h ! boats out4 ,!re's go+ to be an
 aft]gl[ & a half  pres5tly4'    #8,i   
told ,grant ab\t ! c(fee two m9utes ago1
 de>1' ,lady ,=sy?  answ]$1 smil+2 b h] 
eyes dwelt a little anxi\sly on !       
silh\ett$ view ( h] son's pr(ile1 z he  
set a mat* to 8  cig>ette4 ,! /raight1  
out/&+ nose & squ>e *9 vividly  recall$ 
8 dead fa!r4 ,b ! imag9ative br[ 0 ( h] 
be/[+1  & a spla% ( light on 8 hair %[$ 
! r$di% *e/nut t9t ( h]  own p3 ! t9t %e
 lov$4    #8,come along1 *ildr51' %e    
add$1 includ+ 9 t category f\r out (  h]
 five gue/s--two girls1 unrelat$ to     
h]self1 ,ralph ,melrose1 a ,gurkha      
subalt]n1 & ,maurice ,l5ox1 an arti/    
fri5d ( ,m>k's4    ,kei? ,macnair1      
pr(essor ( philosophy--8 rugg$ face l9$ 
)  ?\ght1 8 d>k hair lightly fro/$ at ! 
temples--0 ! only  g5u9e gr[n-up ( h]   
small h\se-p>ty4 ,a connection ( h] own1
 &  devot$ to bo? "m & son1 he 0 s ev5ly
 plac$ betwe5 !m 9  ! matt] ( age t he  
c\ld play eld] bro!r to ,m>k or y\ng]   

bro!r to ,lady ,=sy? z occasion requir$4
 ,&1 :5ev] pr(essional  claims p]mitt$1 
occasion usually did require 8 pres5ce1 
9 "s  capacity1 ei!r at ,wyn*combe      
,fri>s or ,inv]aig4 ,betwe5 times1 he   
liv$ & lectur$ & wrote philosophical    
books 9 ,ed9burgh1 hav+  be5 a ,fell[ ( 
! ,univ]sity s9ce 8 graduate days3 &    
nev]1 if he  c\ld help x1 did he fail to
 sp5d mo/ ( ! long vacation at ,inv]aig4
    ,:5 ! p>ty rose f ! table he jo9$   
,m>k 9 ! w9d[3 & z  ! two girls /ood    
back to let ,lady ,=sy? pass out1 %e    
slipp$ an  arm r\nd ea*4 ,h] love ( y\? 
& "y ?+s seem$ to deep5 )  h] own       
advanc+ ye>s4 ,b %e _h h] pref]5ces2 & x
 0 !  arm r\nd ,%eila ,melrose t tight5$
 z !y pass$ ?r\gh ! long  draw+-room to 
! t]race1 :]e c(fee 0 set ^u a l[ /one  
table  9 full view ( ! illum9$ lake &   
sky4    #8,x's spl5did to h y safe back 
aga91 *ild1' %e said1 releas+  ,monica  
,videlle & draw+ ,%eila d[n to ! seat   
beside h]4 #8,india's  monopolis$ y q   
long en\gh4 ,!re's "s my/]i\s magnetism 

ab\t t c\ntry4 ,p seem to cat* x l a    
disease4 ,& ,i 0  gett+ al>m$ le/ y     
might succumb to ! infection4'    ,miss 
,melrose smil$ ?\ghtfully at ! sunset4  
#8,i'm n sure t ,i  hav5't succumb$     
already6' %e said 9 h] l[1 cle>-cut     
voice4 #8,i h  vague tempt+ dreams ( go+
 back ) ,ralph :5 8 furl\gh is up2  or )
 ,mona1 to help doctor h] ,indian wom54 
,b probably !y'll nev]  mat]ialise'     
#8,m ?an probably1 if ,i h any say 9 !  
matt]6'    ,lady ,=sy? spoke lightly1 b 
"u ! lightness lurk$ a note (  decision4
 ,%e _h h] own private dreams conc]n+   
?is girl ) !  s(tly %9+ eyes "u level   
br[s1 & ! s(tly resolute lips t  nev]   
seem$ q to leave (f smil+ ev5 9 repose4 
,at m5tion ( ,india ,miss ,videlle's    
?\ghtful face came sudd5ly to life4     
#8,x w\ld be j lovely = me1' %e said4   
#8,too good to be true6'    #8,nev] m9d1
 ,miss ,videlle1' ,maurice consol$ h]   
almo/ t5d]ly4 #8,?is  ripp+ ev5+'s n too
 good to be true4 ,& ,i c put y up to "s
  tips = squ>+ ,lady ,=sy?--9 /rict     

confid5ce ( c\rse6'    ,he b5t t[>ds h] 
) a slightly !atrical (f] ( 8 arm1 &  !y
 mov$ (f to a seat ne> ! ivy-cov]$ wall1
 look+ t[>ds !  di/ant rapids4    ,lady 
,=sy? glanc$ aft] !m ) a pass+ tw+e (   
conc]n4    ,! girl--a fairly rec5t      
acquisition ( ,%eila's--0 %y & clev]1 ) 
a /reak ( d>k blood 9 h] ve9s4 ,%e _h   
done brilliantly at ,ox=d1  & 0 n[      
qualifi$ to take up ! m$ical "w 9 ,india
 on :i* %e  _h set h] he>t4 ,%eila _h   
acquir$ h] :ile go+ ?r\gh a c\rse  (    
massage & magnetic heal+1 = :i* %e %[$ s
 di/9ct a gift  t %e _h s]i\s ?\ghts (  
tak+ x up 9 e>ne/4 ,a vague idea (  go+ 
out ) ,monica _h be5 simm]+ 9 h] bra9 = 
! pa/ week2  b %e _h n spok5 ( x till   
to-night4    #8,wond] :at's come to old 
,m>k1' mus$ ,ralph p5sively1 /irr+ 8    
c(fee4 #8,?\ght ?is picnic arrangem5t 0 
all = 8 b5efit'    #8,r s6' ,m>k's voice
 answ]$ him1 z he & ,macnair /roll$ r\nd
  ! corn] ( ! h\se4 #8,hurry up ) !     
c(fee1 ,mums4 ,i love dabbl+  my o>s 9 !
 sunset4 ,l5ox1 old *ap1 y two might g  

on ahead &  give ! ^w4'    ,!y w5t on   
readily en\gh2 & ! re/ soon foll[$ !m   
?r\gh !  wild] spaces ( ! g>d51 d[n     
rocky /eps to ! bay1 :]e s&  & r\gh     
grass %elv$ g5tly to ! wat]'s edge4 ,"h 
!y f\nd two  boats already afloat1 )    
,maurice & ,monica--%e 0 commonly call$ 
,mona--e/abli%$ 9 "o ( !m4    ,lady     
,=sy?1 no?+ if n prompt1 privately      
consign$ ,ralph to t  boat1 ,m>k & ,kei?
 to h] own4 ,x 0 a heav5ly ev5+1 & %e   
?ank$ goodness !y 7 go+ to h x to       
!mselves3 q a r>e  ev5t s9ce ,maurice   
,l5ox _h discov]$ t sup]flu\s ,miss     
,alison4    #8,com+ to r[ /roke = u8' %e
 ask$ z ,m>k h&$ h] 94    ,he %ook 8    
head1 smil+ d[n at h]4    #8,t's to be  
,kei?'s privilege6 ,i'm = ! o!r boat4'  
,b nei!r 8  smile nor ! light pressure (
 h] arm c\ld atone = ! refusal4         
#8,po9t$ & purposeless1' %e d5\nc$ x    
m5tally2 b )9 a v  few mom5ts 8 purpose 
0 reveal$4    #8,d[n /ream a bit fir/1  
,kei?1' he call$ out1 z he pu%$ (f 8 own
  boat & sprang lightly 94 #8,i want to 

run up to ! village4 ,miss ,alison  & h]
 fri5d might l to jo9 u4'    ,s !y r[$  
d[n /ream at 8 comm&3 & = ,lady ,=sy? ! 
pleasure ( ! out+ 0 gone2 ! peace &     
beauty ( ! ev5+  spoilt by fi]ce        
res5tm5t aga9/ ^! intrusive /rang]s :o  
_h no  au?oris$ position 9 ! s*eme (    
?+s4 ,& h] natural vexation 0  int5sifi$
 by conc]n = ,%eila3 ?\gh :e!r ! girl   
took ,m>k's  sudd5 & /range defection   
s]i\sly x 0 impossible to tell4 ,%e     
wore t smil+1 fri5dly graci\sness ( h]s 
l a bright veil1 t  seem$ to baffle     
attempts at intimacy1 :ile x enhanc$ h] 
*>m4 ,ev5  ) ,lady ,=sy?1 :o lov$ h] z a
 daught]1 %e _h h] res]ves1  notably on 
matt]s ne>e/ h] he>t4    #8,aft] all1 %e
 kn[s ! real ,m>k almo/ z well z ,i d1' 
,m>k's  "m reflect$ by way (            
consolation4 #8,& %e's wis] ?an ,i am1 9
  _m ways1 ?\gh %e is ne>ly ?irty ye>s  
y\ng]4 ,i'm probably rac+  on miles too 
fa/4 ,he's b>ely kn[n ! girl a =tnight4 
,he c\ldn't  be s crazy,all ! same1 he's
 no bus9ess to--x's di/ract+6' %e       

conclud$1 h] irritation flam+ up aga9 at
 sight ( ! two figures  t 7 n[ approa*+ 
! %ore1 escort$ by ,m>k4    ,miss       
,alison1 ! tall] "o1 _h unque/ionably   
height & grace to  recomm5d h]4 ,m>k1 :o
 /ood six feet 9 8 socks1 c\ld b>ely    
give  h] a c\ple ( in*es2 & ! languid   
delib]ation ( h] movem5ts  _h1 on ,lady 
,=sy?1 ! same madd5+ effect z a drawl 9 
spee*4 ,h]  own bra9 & body 7 too quick1
 9 ! orig9al s5se ( ! ^w1 n  to make h] 
a trifle intol]ant t[>ds !              
#8half-alive'2 &1 rightly  or wrongly1  
,miss ,alison 0 apt to produce t        
impression ev5 on h]  admir]s1 ?\gh no  
d\bt !y express$ x diff]5tly4           
,p]sonal prejudice ap>t1 ,lady ,=sy?    
pref]r$ ! girl's companion1  ,miss      
,o',neill1 9 spite ( h] wrong-head$ zeal
 = ! ,suffrage &  ,home ,rule4 ,_h ,bel 
,alison be5 out 9 se>* ( a foil1 %e c\ld
 h  discov]$ none bett] ?an ?is         
big-he>t$1 fanatical woman (            
five-&-?irty1 %orti% & squ>ely built1 ) 
an upw>d nose1 an  ugly1 humor\s m\?1 & 

a quantity ( r\gh br[n hair 9 a *ronic  
/ate ( untid9ess4 ,lady ,=sy? ga!r$ t %e
 0 an active  philan?ropi/1 & t !       
incongru\s pair %>$ a flat some:]e 9    
,e>l's ,c\rt4 ,to outw>d seem+ !y _h    
c]ta9ly no?+ beyond !  same address 9   
common4    ,if ,bel's movem5ts 7        
ov]-delib]ate1 ,miss ,o',neill's 7 apt  
to be  sudd52 & %e /rode into ! boat ) !
 decision ( "o giv5 to  putt+ h] foot   
d[n to "s purpose4    #8,/eady on6 ,y   
evid5tly don't d ?+s by halves6' ,sir   
,m>k  remon/rat$1 laugh+1 & consign+ h] 
to a cu%ion 9 ! b[s4 ,bel  _h already   
usurp$ ,maurice's seat a/]n1 & ,m>k r[$ 
/roke--?is  "t )\t ne$ ( invitation4 ,!n
 !y turn$ ab\t & mov$ sl[ly  up ! lo*1  
dabbl+ _! o>s 9 ! sunset fires & %iv]+ !
  purple %ad[s ( ! hills4    ,& if =    
,hel5 ,=sy? ! pleasure ( ! ev5+ 0 ov]1 =
 ,m>k  x _h b j begun4 ,& %e knew x4    
,!re9 lay ! /+4 ,?\gh  #8! boy' 0 n[ v  
mu* a man1 %e c\ld hone/ly h said1 two  
weeks ago1 t no?+ beyond m9or diff]5ces 
& mutual fla%es (  temp] _h m>r$ ! deep 

ess5tial unity ( _! relation--a unity  !
 m ine/imably preci\s s9ce he 0 n[ all  
%e _h left ( h]  ne>e/ & de>e/ on e>?4  
,husb&1 daught] & y\ng] son _h all      
pass$ on be=e h] into ! ,sil5ce1 & ( h] 
own p "o bro!r  alone rema9$4 ,at !     
mom5t he 0 ,gov]nor ( ,new ,zeal&1 &    
seem$  dispos$ to /ay on !re indef9itely
 :5 8 t]m ( (fice expir$4  ,! ,empire1  
he wrote1 0 a san]1 sweet]1 m spaci\s   
place ( abode  ?an tw5tie?-c5tury       
,engl&1 :i* seem$ tempor>ily giv5 ov] to
  ! *eap-jack1 ! speciali/1 & ! p>ty    
politician4 ,& %e--:ile  lov+ e foot (  
h] husb&'s c\ntry & h] own--und]/ood    
too well ! frequ5t disappo9tm5t ( ^? :o 
came1 on r>e &  h>dly e>n$ leave1 f !   
ends ( ! e>? & fail$ to f9d1  9         
picture-palaces & music-halls1 9 ! j>gon
 ( ,futuri/s &  demagogues1 ! ,engl& (  
_! dreams4    ,= ?is cause1 h] sole     
rema9+ bro!r _h become little m ?an a   
memory & a mon?ly lett]4 ,yet c\ld %e   
nev] acc\nt h]self a lonely  woman1 :ile
 %e _h ,kei? = fri5d & m5tor1 ,m>k =    

son1 &  ,%eila =--m ?an                 
possible--daught]4 ,:at bus9ess _h ?is  
unkn[n  girl to /ep into _! *>m$ circle 
& unsettle ! v f\ndation  ( ?+s8 ,nev]1 
till to-night1 _h x seem$ possible to   
,m>k's "m  t %e c\ld arrive at dread+ ! 
fulfilm5t ( 8 he>t's desire4  ,yet t 0  
:at x am\nt$ to4 ,dread lurk$ beh9d h]  
surface  irritation4 ,! t\* ( second    
sight 9 h] composition made h] vaguely  
consci\s ( dang] 9 ! air4 ,small wond]  
if %e ana!matis$ ,maurice  ,l5ox = 8    
knack ( pick+ up promiscu\s /rang]s1 &1 
9 ?is  case1 aggravat+ 8 (f5ce by fail+ 
to appropriate 8 own discov]y4          
,,*apt] ,,ii4        ,qu& on v\s voit1  
on v\s aime2 qu& on v\s aime1 o v\s     
voit-on8    ,= a :ile ! two boats kept 9
 t\*1 s t talk pass$ easily  betwe5 !m4 
,miss ,alison spoke little4 ,sil5ce r   
became ! fair  p5sive quality ( h]      
*>m--& probably %e knew x4 ,! un*>itable
  supposition 0 ,lady ,=sy?'s3 & %e 0   
fa9 to confess t  p5siv5ess & sil5ce    
h>monis$ well ) ! f9e1 /raight nose1 !  

mass ( dull gold hair1 & eyes ( t       
transp>5t blue :i* lacks  w>m? & dep?1  
yet has a limpid beauty ( its own1      
especially :]e  ! pupils are l>ge & !   
la%es noticeably long4    ,m>k1 too1 _h 
fall5 sil5t3 ! wor/ possible sign4 ,b   
,miss ,o',neill  aton$ = all defici5cies
 by disc\rs+ vigor\sly to ,maurice's    
sway+ %\ld]s1 ^u ! late/ developm5ts ( !
 suffrage campaign4  ,maurice1 equal to 
any em]g5cy1 _h no difficulty 9 air+ 8  
own  views on ! subject--z x 71 ?r\gh ! 
back ( 8 head--to "o :o  _h hamm]$ %op  
w9d[s ) h] own h&1 ?\gh %e graci\sly    
drew  ! l9e at fir+ *ur*es & wreck+     
tra9s4 ,yet %e 0 a woman (  g5]\s &1 at 
times1 noble impulses4 ,! great] "p ( h]
 small  annuity 0 lavi%$ on a v p]sonal 
=m ( rescue "w--& on ,bel4    #8,x's    
rank inju/ice1 say :at y please1' %e    
decl>$ 9 h] /rong1  vibrant tones1 #8to 
imprison & torture poor misguid$ girls  
:o h !  c\rage ( ! fai? t's 9 !m4 ,!    
real blame lies on ! heads (  ^? :o've  
driv5 u to extremes4'    #8,t s\nds v   

f9e1 ,miss ,o',neill1 b ,i'm afraid x   
won't hold  wat]1' ,macnair put 9       
quietly f ! o!r boat4 #8,x has be5 !    
/&+ excuse ( fanatics &--d>e ,i         
add8--crim9als all d[n ! ages4  ,y\r    
late/ =ms ( argum5t w simply h>d5 &     
ju/ify opposition  to a cause t is n )\t
 c]ta9 elem5ts ( ju/ice & "r4'    ,8    
pleasant voice _h ! cle>1 leisur$       
enunciation ( ! s*ol>1 a  quality       
peculi>ly exasp]at+ to ! r$-hot en?usia/
 ^: ?\ghts  are1 9 ! ma91 emotions      
intellectually express$4 #8,ju/ice & "r 
inde$6' ,miss ,o',neill fairly hurl$ !  
words at him4 #8,t's all we're  ask+1   
isn't x8 ,& precisely :at we'll nev] be 
gett+ "u a  man-made ,gov]nm5t &        
man-made laws4'    ,macnair smil$ &     
%rugg$ 8 %\ld]s4 ,he _h no m9d to let   
argum5t  & recrim9ation desecrate !     
peace & gl[+ beauty ( a ,highl&  summ]  
ev5+2 & ) practis$ ease he slid into !  
calm] wat]s (  g5]alisation1 z mu* 9 !  
hope ( wean+ ,lady ,=sy? f tr\bl$       
?\ghts z = ! pleasure ( express+ 8 own4 

#8,! tru? is1' he said1 re/+ on 8 o>s1  
:ile ! boats drift$  into a lum9\s bay1 
#8e age1 l e c\ntry1 has its moral      
microbe2 & ! microbe ( ?is "o is 8,d[n )
 ev]y?+02 8,c't2  won't2 %an't2 don't2  
,pass x along ! l9e10 t's ab\t ! tune  (
 x1 9 all ranks4 ,kipl+ may or may n be 
a classic poet1 b 8  8,commiss>iat      
,camels0 put ! pres5t-day _s into a     
nut%ell4 ,=  ne>ly a hundr$ ye>s ! _w   
has be5 f$ on a /eady diet ( revolt2  & 
n[ we h ! climax1 di/a/e = duties &     
clam\r = rights4  ,! f9e1 brave old     
wisdom ( acceptance is altoge!r out (   
c\rt'    ,m>k1 )draw+ 8 gaze f ,miss    
,alison's pr(ile1 treat$ him to a  smile
 ( amus$ approval4 #8,:y ?is sudd5      
access ( eloqu5ce1 old man8'  he ask$2 &
 ,kei? delib]ately w9k$ ov] 8 %\ld]4    
#8,miss ,o',neill !re's to blame2 & !   
mod]n _w does seem r  egregi\sly mod]n  
:5 "o's be5 liv+ = mon?s 9 a backwat] ) 
,p9d> = company4'    #8,oh ,kei?1 h y   
really f\nd "t = y\r promis$ translation
 (  ! 8,odes08' ,lady ,=sy?--h]self a   

translator ( "s di/9ction--lean$  eag]ly
 =w>d4    #8,i've be5 mak+ "t = a few ( 
!m1' he answ]$1 pleas$ ) !  success ( 8 
div]sion1 #8by neglect+ my ,b]gson      
book4'    #8,h y got !m "h8'    #8,yes4 
,!y're 9 type1 await+ y\r consid]ation6'
    #8,good4 ,y'll publi% !m1 ( c\rse4' 
,he %ook 8 head4 #8,n ev5 to please y6  
,i've simply be5 enjoy+  myself1 explor+
 a little deep] into ! he>t ( an old    
fri5d2  "o :o c\ld look life 9 ! face   
)\t feel+ conv9c$ t he  p]sonally c\ld h
 made a bett] job ( x4 ,"o suspects ev5 
our  poets1 ^! days1 ( be+ propag&i/s 9 
disguise4 ,p9d> is z  sublime & z       
useless z a sn[-peak2 & "o c no m convey
 !  ess5ce ( him 9 ,engli% ?an "o c\ld  
convey ! sc5t ( a rose 9  ,p>liam5t>y   
language6 ,yet "o is fool en\gh to try4'
    ,%eila1 :o _h be5 li/5+ ) h] quiet  
int5tness1 rem>k$  s(tly1 #8,:y don't we
 all le>n ,greek8'    #8,because !      
humanities are out ( c\rt 9 an age (    
sci5tific  mat]ialism4 ,wasn't !re a    
promise1 once1 t ,i %\ld tea* y8'    ,! 

girl flu%$ ) pleasure4 #8,i ?\ght y'd   
=gott54'    #8,& ,i ?\ght ,miss ,videlle
 _h p]suad$ y to give up ev]y?+ =  ?is  
massage y're s ke5 ab\t4'    ,_! talk   
took a m p]sonal tone1 & ,lady ,=sy?'s  
att5tion  /ray$ aga9 t[>ds ! o!r boat4  
,x _h drift$ a little f>!r  (f1 & a     
*ange ( seats 0 9 progress betwe5 ,m>k &
 ,miss ,videlle4  ,"o mom5t 8 tall      
figure loom$ aga9/ ! dy+ spl5d\r2 !     
next1 he sank cauti\sly d[n beside ,miss
 ,alison1 :o v\*saf$ him a  side-long   
glance ( welcome4    #8,we're mov+ on a 
bit1 ,"m1' he sang out1 see+ h] face    
turn$ 9  _! direction4    ,!y mov$ on   
accord+ly3 & x did n occur to ,lady     
,=sy? t  ,miss ,o',neill1 sitt+ alone 9 
! b[s1 obscur$ f vision (  ! di/urb+    
pair1 0 9 mu* ! same mood z h]self4     
,lonely1  passionate1 & emotional1 h]   
?w>t$ womanhood _h f\nd 9 ,bel ,alison  
an object on :i* %e c\ld lavi% at once !
 protective t5d]ness (  a "m & ! devot$ 
s]vice ( a man4 ,unhappily1 ?is la/     
includ$  a consum+ jeal\sy ( ^? :o _h a 

bett] natural "r to ! girl  ?an h]self4 
,dilig5tly & skilfully1 !re=e1 %e _h    
scatt]$  se$s ( prejudice aga9/ ! unju/ 
half ( creation--:i*1 by ! way1  %e v   
mu* appreciat$ 9 units1 :ile d5\nc+ x 9 
! mass4 ,by  way ( a m positive det]r5t1
 h] sl5d] means 7 tax$ to !  utmo/ t    
,bel might h cu%ions & fl[]s & curta9s  
to suit  h] fa/idi\s ta/e4 ,no "o1 lea/ 
( all ,miss ,alison1 suspect$ !  ext5t (
 h] secret %ifts & sacrifices4 ,&1      
int]mitt5tly1 %e _h  h] rew>d4 ,b no    
skill 9 self-deception c\ld bl9d h] to !
 fact  t h] lavi% devotion 0 z du/ 9 !  
balance aga9/ ! pass+  att5tions ( a    
b>onet1 "l ( two e/ates1 & a f9e-look+  
fell[  to boot4 ,to-night ! conviction  
rankl$ ) peculi> ke5ness by reason  ( h]
 suppress$ irritation ) ,macnair4       
#8,%irk+ ! issue4 ,j l a man6' %e       
soliloquis$ wra?fully4 #8,&  dragg+ 9 8 
own trump]y translations by ! heels4 ,! 
conceit  ( ! creatures6 ,& ! folly ( !m4
 ,wa/+ good abilities ov]  ! vap\r+s ( a
 mu/y old ,greek poet4 ,bl9d z a bat1 or

 simply  n c>+ a snap t ! _w's cramm$ ) 
evils cry+ out to be  re=m$4 ,let !m    
cry1 s long z he c scribble 9 peace4444'
    ,at ?is po9t h] some:at *aotic      
?\ghts 7 int]rupt$ by music  f ! o!r end
 ( ! boat4 ,m>k 0 s++ ,wallace's        
lullaby1 #8,son  ( ,m9e'2 half croon+ x1
 at fir/1 = ! b5efit ( ,miss ,alison1 :o
  did n "k x4 ,b z ! /rong sw+ ( !      
melody took hold ( him1  he let out 8   
voice to ! full--a true1 cle> b>itone2  
music 9 its  e cad5ce2 & some?+ m ?an   
music1 = ^? :o _h e>s to  he>4    ,h>ry1
 rag+ inw>dly1 he>d1 & und]/ood v well t
 ! days (  h] own dom9ion 7 numb]$4     
,lady ,=sy? und]/ood equally well2 b  %e
 _h pass$ beyond ! rag+ mood4 ,! song 0 
an old fav\rite2  e note ( x lad5 )     
associations2 & 9 spite ( h]self te>s   
/>t$ to h] eyes4    ,z = ,m>k1 o!rs     
might und]/& or n z !y pleas$4 ,he 0    
s++ to an audi5ce ( "o2 to ! girl :o sat
 beside him1 h]  uncov]$ head lift$ &   
half turn$ away t[>d ! d>k sweep+       
curves ( ! hills4    ,:5 ! murmur (     

applause di$ d[n %e turn$ to him ) ! sl[
  lift ( h] la%es t1 consci\s or no1    
?rill$ him afre% at ea*  repetition4    
#8,i didn't "k y c\ld s+ l t1' %e said  
s(tly4    #8,i c't always1' he answ]$1  
flu%+ "u h] impli$ praise4              
#8,sometimes--x j takes hold ( me4      
,don't y s+ y\rself8 ,i'm sure  y've got
 music 9 y4'    ,%e suppress$ a small   
sigh4 #8,oh yes4 ,x's "o ( my poor      
little  half-fl$g$ tal5ts2 useless =    
want ( prop] developm5t4 ,my eld]       
si/]'s ! clev] "o1 & %e got all !       
*ances4 ,%e f\nd me  conv5i5t sometimes 
= duets4'    #8,duets8 ,good4 ,i "k     
pl5ty4 ,let's h a try4 ,:at 0 h] l9e8'  
#8,classical4 ,mo/ly ,g]man4'    ,m>k 0 
sil5t a mom5t1 rak+ 8 memory4 ,!n he _h 
an inspiration4  #8,m5delssohn's 8,i    
w\ld t ! love04448 ,wasn't t ! sort (   
?+8'    #8,yes4 ,v mu* s4'    #8,"r6    
,we'll give !m a treat4 ,y take ! air4' 
,%e %ook h] head4 #8,y're go+ mu* too   
fa/4 ,i nev] said ,i'd s+2  &--,i've r  
=gott5 ! words4'    #8,y won't slip out 

( x t way6' he told h]2 & lean+ close he
  croon$ "u 8 brea?3 #88,i w\ld t ! love
 ,i be> !e1 ,my lips 9  "o ^w c\ld say2 
,t s(t ^w0'    #8,oh yes1 ,i rememb]    
n[1' %e cut him %ort r abruptly2 b a    
fa9t  col\r %[$ 9 h] *eeks & ?is "t %e  
did n lift h] la%es4  #8,v pretty1 b    
dr5*$ ) s5tim5t4 ,t's ! wor/ ( ,g]man   
songs4'    #8,well1 y c't beat ! music (
 'em1' he p]si/$1 rebuff$ a little  by  
h] tone1 & hop+ x 0 assum$ = ! b5efit ( 
,miss ,videlle1  :o 0 mo/ vexati\sly 9 !
 way4 #8,i'm set on x anyh[4 ,are y     
ready8'    ,tak+ h] smile = cons5t he   
mov$ "o h&1 beat+ "t 9 ! air2  !n1 )\t  
prelim9>y1 _! unit$ voices took up !    
song4 ,bel's1  ?\gh sweet & true )9 its 
range1 prov$ too slight an organ to  /& 
! op5-air te/1 & ,m>k _h ne$ to mod]ate 
8 full-ton$  alto accord+ly1 !reby giv+ 
an add$ effect ( t5d]ness to words  &   
music already suffici5tly expressive4   
,& aga9 ,lady ,=sy?--a mo/ unwill+      
li/5]--und]/ood ev]y?+  f> too well4    
,delib]ately %e h>d5$ h]self aga9/ !    

appeal (  ! music4 ,= ?is "t %e 0 simply
 angry--angry z %e _h nev] yet  be5 ) h]
 son2 ?\gh1 ne$less to say1 %e attribut$
 8 egregi\s  behavi\r entirely to ,miss 
,alison4    #8,h[ c he8 ,h[ d>e he6' 0 !
 cry ( h] pa9$ he>t4 #8,s unlike  him4  
,an insult to ,%eila4 ,fl++ 8 folly 9 h]
 face4'    ,b ,%eila 0 draw+ h] f+]-tips
 lightly ?r\gh ! wat]1  wat*+ ! effect )
 t %ad[y smile ( h]s1 & to all          
appe>ances simply enjoy+ ! song4 ,almo/ 
,lady ,=sy? f\nd  h]self hop+ t x 0 s4  
,9 any case1 %e 0 ?ankful :5 !          
#8exhibition' end$1 & ,maurice's *e]ful 
voice 0 he>d call+ out3  #8,y\r turn1   
,miss ,videlle6 ,c't y give u a         
music-hall ma/]piece by  way (          
div]sion8'    ,b ,miss ,videlle dis[n$  
all k ( ma/]pieces1 music-hall or       
o!rwise1 & ,maurice himself came nobly  
to ! rescue4    #8,i'm n up to ,m>k's   
/yle2 b ,i'm top-hole at g5u9e ,h>ry    
,laud]s1'  he volunte]$ ) becom+ mode/y4
 #8,& z y're all s press+1 x  w\ld be   
ungraci\s to hide my light "u a bu%el4' 

#8,good egg6' sang out ,ralph f ! second
 boat4 #8,give u 8,roam9' 9 !           
,gloam9'40'    ,& ,maurice1 ) a         
delib]ate w9k at ,m>k ov] ,miss         
,videlle's %\ld]1  proce$$ to give x =  
all he 0 wor?1 9 ! broade/ ( broad      
,scot*4 ,b ,m>k 0 9 no mood to see !    
joke ( a p]=mance t  s\nd$ f> too l a   
trave/y ( 8 own *os5 love-song4    #88,i
 kiss$ h]-r twice & ,i ask$ h]-r once if
 %e w\ld be my  br-ride10' sang ,maurice
 ) insol5t gu/o1 burr+ 8 r's l a        
policeman's rattle2 & ,m>k simply want$ 
to kick him into ! lo*4    ,lady ,=sy?1 
on ! o!r h&1 0 privately bless+ ! boy's 
fool]y1 t seem$ to cle> ! air & s5t !   
boats skimm+  homew>d to ! sw+ ( *orus  
on *orus2 only h] son's voice be+       
conspicu\s by its abs5ce4 ,kei?'s boat 0
 lead+ n[2 & )\t  turn+ r\nd delib]ately
 %e c\ld see no?+ ( ! two :o haunt$  h] 
m9d4    ,?is 0 p]haps =tunate2 = ,m>k's 
arm lay along ! back ( !  seat1 8 %\ld] 
0 )9 ?ree in*es ( ,bel's2 & "u cov] (  !
 music !y _h pick$ up ! dropp$ ?read (  

_! talk 9 l[]$  tones t imp>t$ a t5d]   
significance to ! simple/ rem>k4    #8,i
 don't call y\r s++ a half-fl$g$ tal5t1'
 he said ) a fa9t  /ress on ! pron\n4   
#8,y've ! gift1 anyway4 ,:y n make m (  
x--/udy1 practise8'    ,%e smil$ & lift$
 h] %\ld]s4 #8,i've tri$1 b ,i c\ldn't  
keep x  up4 ,laz9ess1 p]haps2 ,i don't  
"k4 ,vanity1 p]haps1 a little4 ,i ei!r  
want to d ?+s spl5didly or else--,i c't 
be bo!r$4 ,i ne$ someone  to spur me1 to
 enc\rage me4'    #8,well1 ,i %\ld h    
?\ght ,miss ,o',neill'    #8,h>ry8 ,oh  
yes1 %e'd lie d[n & let me walk ov] h]  
if ,i want$  to4 ,b %e's swamp$ 9 8!    
,cause0 & philan?ropic "w4 ,z = my      
tal5ts1 :5 ,i want$ ! help+ h& x wasn't 
!re2 & n[--x's too  late4 ,i've dabbl$  
fir/ 9 "o ?+ & !n 9 ano!r1 & fritt]$    
away :at little ambition ,i ev] _h4'    
,! emotionless quiet ( h] tone sugge/$ a
 noble resignation to  ! g5]al          
ob/ructiv5ess ( life2 a resignation t1  
to ! man's  /r5u\s _s1 seem$ alike      
pa!tic & premature4    #8,:y1 y're only 

on ! ?re%old ( ?+s1' he rebuk$ h] g5tly4
  #8,:at are ! tal5ts y've dabbl$ 98 ,d 
tell me4'    #8,oh1 ,i've writt5 a      
little & act$ a little4 ,i want$ badly  
to take  t up 9 e>ne/4 ,heav5s6 ,wasn't 
!re a r[6 ,s ,i fell back on !  writ+4  
,v]ses1 *iefly4'    #8,h !y appe>$1 any 
( !m8'    #8,a few4 ,"h & !re4 ,i 0 va9 
en\gh once to h a booklet pr9t$  out (  
my all[ance4 ,!n !re 0 a worse r[ ?an   
ev]4'    #8,b :y8'    #8,well--!y w]5't 
exactly ( ! pretty-pretty ord]4 ,& my   
fa!r's a  cl]gyman3 t k9d ( cl]gyman4'  
#8,i see4'    ,he saw h]1 9 fact1 a     
creature ( f9e s5sibilities1 /riv+ =    
self-expression1 ?w>t$1 disc\rag$1 &    
mispriz$ by ^? :o %\ld  h be5 h] natural
 help]s1 & 8 he>t w5t out to h] ! m4    
#8,may ,i' he hesitat$4 #8,miss ,alison1
 won't y let me see "s ( y\r  v]ses8'   
#8,no4 ,n = ! _w4' ,%e flu%$ sudd5ly &  
h] voice _h a tremor  9 x4 ,x 0 ! fir/  
"t he _h se5 h] really p]turb$4         
#8,i'm sorry1' he began3 b %e 0 mi/ress 
( h]self 9 a mom5t &  turn$ ! matt] (f )

 a laugh4    #8,we're bo? mak+ m\nta9s  
out ( molehills6 ,! v]ses 7 wret*$  poor
 /uff1 mo/ ( !m4 ,fa!r 0 q "r to condemn
 !m2 b  he w5t ! wrong way ab\t x4 ,he  
usually does4 ,!y 7 j !  outcome (--an  
influ5ce3 a pass+ phase4 ,i hat$ !m     
myself--aft]w>ds4  ,"o does g ?r\gh     
phases1 doesn't "o8 ,at lea/ ,i d4 ,x's 
r  int]e/+4 ,saves "o f ! bottomless pit
 ( bor$om1 ! only  ?+ we're really      
afraid ( n[adays4' ,%e made ! /atem5t 9 
all  s]i\sness4 #8,b--look+ back--"o    
sometimes wond]s h[ mu* t o!r  girl 0   
really me8'    ,he did n answ] at once2 
p>tly because he 0 try+ n to be aw>e  t 
:ile %e spoke !re _h bl[n ?r\gh him a   
*ill breeze ( d\bt3  an unwelcome rem9d]
 t aft] all he knew no?+ z yet ( h]     
life1  h] antec$5ts1 or--if x came to   
t--( h]self4 ,he only knew t  almo/ f ! 
fir/ mom5t ( contact %e _h put a spell  
^u him t  he _h nei!r ! p[] nor ! w to  
resi/4    #8,d ,i seem to be talk+ utt] 
nons5se8' %e ask$ sudd5ly 9 a *ang$     
voice2 & d\bt fl$ l a wrai? at sunrise4 

#8,r n4 ,i 0 only hop+--t ?is is ! real 
y4 ,i'm n  simply a phase--am ,i8--l all
 ! re/8'    ,at t %e turn$ to him ) !   
lazy uplift ( h] la%es1 & !  a/oni%+    
blue ( h] eyes fla%$ on him l a light4  
#8,isn't x--r too soon to tell8'        
#8,is x8' he *all5g$ h] boldly1 & exult$
 to see ! blood rise  9 h] *eeks4 ,m ?an
 t he c\ld n a*ieve4 ,= ano!r ,laud]    
*orus _h j di$ d[n & !y 7 ne>+ ! %ore4  
#8,look "h1' he said1 l[ & rapidly4 #8,i
 am (f up ! lo* to-morr[ 9  my little   
/eam ya*t--fi%+4 ,come along too--w y8' 
,%e gave him a reproa*ful look4 #8,i    
c't4 ,y "k ,i c't4'    #8,oh1 well1 br+ 
y\r police dog along if y mu/2 & ,i'll  
get ,l5ox to  make a squ>e4 ,w t d8'    
#8,yes4 ,i'll ask ,h>ry4 ,if x is l     
to-day--x'll be lovely4'    #8,bett] ?an
 to-day1 ,i hope1' he mutt]$1 wond]+ v  
mu* if he  c\ld wait till !n1 & curs+ ! 
wire entanglem5ts ( conv5tion4    #8,i'm
 go+ to see y home1' he ann\nc$ z he h&$
 h] out ( !  boat1 & repeat$ 8 int5tion 
:5 all ! p>ty 0 a%ore4 #8,good  night1  

,mums1' he add$1 lay+ a h& on 8 "m's    
%\ld]4 #8,l5ox is  com+ along ) me4     
,leave ?+s op5 = u1 w y8'    #8,v well1 
de>2 don't be too late1' %e said1 look+ 
up at him2 b  betwe5 ! ga!r+ dusk & 8   
own preoccupation he miss$ ! mute       
appeal ( h] eyes4    ,dur+ ! %ort walk  
back to ! village1 ,miss ,o',neill took 
complete  comm& ( affairs4 ,hav+ at la/ 
recov]$ h] treasure1 %e slipp$ a  reta9+
 h& ?r\gh ,bel's arm1 & nev] a *ance _h 
,m>k ( ano!r  intimate ^w4    ,%e       
graci\sly fell 9 ) ! morr['s plan1      
h[ev]2 & aft]w>ds1  z ! m5 /roll$ back1 
smok+1 to ,inv]aig1 ,maurice 0 frankly  
in=m$ :at w\ld be expect$ ( him on !    
occasion4 ,m>k betray$ 8  repress$      
excitability by speak+ r m rapidly &    
abruptly ?an  usual4    #8,i'm runn+ ?is
 %[ altoge!r--y und]/&8 ,we're n go+ (f 
on  a bloom+ picnic to play consequ5ces4
 ,no nons5se1 m9d4 ,& no ,h>ry          
,laud]--conf\nd y6 ,all y & ,miss       
,o',neill are requir$ to d is to  make  
y\rselves sc>ce4 ,fact is1 y're only !re

 because ,i c\ldn't  get--,miss ,alison 
to come alone4'    ,maurice smil$       
broadly4 #8,i ga!r$ z mu*4 ,b ,i say1   
,=sy?1' he  hesitat$ & took a pull at 8 
pipe1 #8d y really mean bus9ess8'       
#8,r s4 ,:at k9d ( a cad d'y take me =8'
 snapp$ ,m>k1 ^:  temp] 0 quick at ! be/
 ( times4 #8,?9k ,i'd play ! fool ) a   
girl l t8'    #8,sorry1 old *ap4 ,didn't
 int5d to rile y4 ,only1 to a m]e       
outsid]1 x  seems j a trifle            
precipitate4 ,besides--"o naturally     
?\ght'    #8,oh1 dry up4 ,nobody ask$ y 
to ?9k4'    ,!re 0 pa9 z well z ang] 9  
,m>k's tone4 ,he knew v well :at        
,maurice ?\ght--:at o!rs 7 likely to    
?9k3 & al?\gh ,lady  ,=sy? did n guess  
x1 8 s5sitiv5ess on ,%eila's acc\nt     
almo/  equall$ h] own4 ,x hurt him      
horribly t by any act ( 8 he %\ld  seem 
to ca/ ev5 ! slighte/ slur on h]4 ,& he 
saw no reason4 ,=  ye>s !y _h be5 l     
bro!r & si/]4 ,c]ta9ly1 s9ce h] return  
f ,india he _h caught himself wond]+ ,b 
be=e wond] c\ld  cry/allise into belief1

 ,bel _h aris5 9 h] moonlight beauty &  
all  ! />s ( heav5 _h suff]$ eclipse4   
,come to ?9k ( x1 he ow$  "y ,l5ox a    
debt he c\ld nev] repay2 & = ! re/ ( !  
way he  made royal atonem5t = 8 fla% (  
temp]4    #8,good night1 old *ap1' he   
said :5 !y rea*$ ! h\se4 #8,i'm n  turn+
 9 j yet4'    ,& = m ?an half an h\r he 
pac$ ! t]race1 wond]+1 hop+1  dream+2   
:ile 8 "m lay awake 9 h] b$room above1  
bo? w9d[s  flung wide1 li/5+ to !       
re/less s\nd ( 8 foot/eps2 wond]+  also2
 & sc>cely d>+ to hope t he _h already  
spok5 & be5  refus$4    ,n until %e he>d
 him come 91 at la/1 & %ut ! door ( 8   
room1  did %e let h] tir$ body h its way
 & fall into a tr\bl$ sleep4            
,,*apt] ,,iii4        #8,y "k n ! limit 
( ?is k+dom1 /ill y are its      que54' 
,,rab9drana? ,,tagore4    ,miss         
,o',neill1 z might be suppos$1 prov$ no 
easy subject = diplomatic  manipulation4
 ,long be=e !y _h made an end ( _!      
picnic-lun*1  9 a gl5 ( rocks & bir*es &
 purple cu%ions ( hea!r1 %e _h          

effectually giv5 ,mr4 ,l5ox to und]/& t 
%e 0 nei!r to be  deceiv$ nor co]c$ by 8
 tactful attempts to deta* h] f !  o!r  
two4 ,ye>s ( pu%+ & %\ld]+ ?r\gh        
ob/acles1 9 !  ,suffrage campaign1 _h s 
f> blunt$ h] f9] s5sibilities t %e  c\ld
 smil+ly hold h] gr\nd ev5 among ^? :o  
obvi\sly wi%$ h]  else:]e3 & %e held x  
to-day1 till ,m>k lo/ pati5ce & frankly 
took ! bull by ! horns4    #8,i say1    
,miss ,o',neill1 y might take pity on   
,l5ox & hon\r him )  y\r company up !   
gl51' he said2 & b5ea? 8 engag+ tone !re
  lurk$ a fa9t note ( comm&4 #8,he's no 
fi%]man1 & he c't keep  himself to      
himself = t5 m9utes on end4 ,s y see1 x 
w\ld be a real  act ( *>ity to remove   
him4'    #8,yes1 ,sir ,m>k1 ,i c see t  
)\t spectacles1' answ]$ !  r$\btable    
,h>ry1 *all5g+ him ) h] gre5i%-br[n     
eyes4    #8,good bus9ess6' ,sir ,m>k    
retort$ unaba%$4 #8,:5 y rea* ! high    
moor y'll be rew>d$ by a view t's wor?  
"s climb+ to see4 ,(  c\rse1 if ,miss   
,alison w\ld pref] to g ) y'    #8,miss 

,alison's f> too com=table :]e %e is1   
?anks6' ,bel int]pos$  ) h] delib]ate   
drawl4 ,%e _h settl$ h]self on a l[ rock
 &  sat dreamily wat*+ ! riv]1 elb[s on 
knees1 *9 cradl$ 9 h]  h&s4 ,)\t *ang+  
h] attitude1 %e glanc$ up at ,sir ,m>k &
 h]  smile seem$ to l9k !m 9 complete/  
und]/&+4 #8,if ! necessity  = sil5ce    
becomes too ov]p[]+ ,i c always g to    
sleep4 ,i'll be  z good z gold1 ,h>ry   
de>' ,%e %ift$ h] gaze to ,miss         
,o',neill's  resolute1 rebelli\s face4  
#8,& ,i ?9k ,sir ,m>k c be tru/$ n to   
let me fall into ! riv]6'    ,! upw>d   
j]k ( ,h>ry's head impli$ :olesale      
di/ru/ ( !  species2 b f9d+ h]self      
corn]$ %e surr5d]$ at discretion4       
#8,well1 ,mr4 ,l5ox1' %e said1 #8s9ce   
x's a case ( obey+ ord]s1 we  mu/ make !
 be/ ( ea* o!r4 ,?is way1 ,i suppose8'  
,%e /rode on  be=e him up ! n>r[1 /ony  
pa?2 & ,maurice1 ) an abortive gr9  at  
,m>k1 foll[$ 9 h] wake4    ,keep+ well  
ahead ( him1 %e toil$ on indomitably    
till trees 7  dw>f$ to bu%es & !        

primeval spl5d\r ( ! high moors came    
sudd5ly into view4 ,be=e !m1 & ^u ei!r  
h&1 ! hea!r  & ! heav5s 7 all4 ,x 0 z if
 !y /ood ^u ! %ore (  an ame?y/9e sea1  
/udd$ ) isl&s ( granite & junip]1 &     
%ad[$ only by sl[-mov+ cont95ts ( cl\d4 
,= ,maurice1 ) !  blood ( ,eldr$ &      
,quita ,l5ox 9 8 ve9s1 su* a vision 0   
among !  r>e ?+s t c\ld smite him to    
sil5ce4 ,he drew a great brea? &  /ood v
 /ill1 8 "y1 expressive face glorifi$1  
pass+ly1 by !  arti/'s pure joy 9 col\r1
 & ! ,scot's love ( ! l&4    ,miss      
,o',neill1 a t[nswoman by ta/e & habit1 
w\ld h pref]r$ a  ?rong ( human faces1  
any day1 to ! sublime empt9ess ar\nd !m4
  ,hot1 brea?less1 & 9 a f]m5t (        
anxiety1 %e sank gratefully on to  !    
ne>e/ rock & look$ up at h] companion2 b
 ! light on 8  face *eck$ h] ev]-ready  
tongue4 ,%e lik$ ! boy4 ,he 0 m ?an  #8a
 m]e he-?+1' & t /reak ( ! woman 9 him  
appeal$ /rongly  to ! mascul9e /ra9 9   
h]self4 ,b protract$ sil5ce irk$ h]2 &  
v soon anxiety goad$ h] into spee*4     

#8,mr4 ,l5ox1 h[ long h y kn[n ,sir ,m>k
 ,=sy?8 ,are y  acqua9tances or fri5ds8'
    ,maurice consid]$ t po9t )\t remov+ 
8 eyes f ! hea!r4  #8,r m ?an           
acqua9tances1 ,i %\ld say1 & on ! way to
 becom+  fri5ds4 ,i've kn[n him two ye>s
 on & (f4 ,b ,i've nev] yet be5 to      
,wyn*combe ,fri>s1 8 ,hamp%ire place4   
,he's crazy ab\t x4 ,!y say  y nev] "k !
 real ,=sy? till y've se5 him !re4 ,i'm 
go+  !re ?is autumn1 to be conv]t$ f    
,futurism & ,exp]im5tal ,art 9  g5]al6  
,at lea/ t's 8 notion4 ,he's a spl5did  
*ap4 ,*ock-full (  ideas4 ,a bit        
reaction>y1 "s ( !m4 ,he's dead aga9/   
:at we %\ld  call indu/rial progress1 & 
:at he calls sacrific+ ! man to !       
ma*9e4 ,!y've got a great s*eme on1 he &
 8 "m & ,macnair1  = jo9+ up all !      
scatt]$ attempts at reviv+ h&icrafts &  
guilds'    #8,oh1 bo!r _! crafts &      
guilds6' ,miss ,o',neill broke 9 ) scant
  c]emony4 #8,%e] fads6 ,result ( ri*es 
& idl5ess4 ,i want to "k is  he ! k9d ( 
man to take up a girl viol5tly--y see h[

 x's be5--j  to pass ! "t8'    #8,no6'  
,maurice rapp$ out ! negative ) unusual 
vehem5ce4 #8,z a  matt] ( fact1 ,i      
believe he int5ds to (f] h] 8 he>t & 8  
title & all 8 worldly goods be=e we get 
back to !m4'    ,miss ,o',neill />t$    
visibly4 #8,:at--on a =tnight's         
acqua9tance8'    #8,yes4 ,a trifle /eep1
 isn't x8 ,&1 = a man 9 8 position1 a   
wife's  a r important item4'            
#8,some?+ m ?an an amiable h\sekeep]--is
 t y\r mean+8' ,miss  ,o',neill r\nd$ on
 him1 a fla% ( temp] 9 h] eyes4 #8,i    
?\ght bett]  ( y1 ,mr4 ,l5ox4 ,b y're   
all alike 9 ! gra94 ,a man 9 ,sir       
,m>k's position mu/ h a beautiful       
figure-head = 8 d9n]-table3 a  graceful1
 accommodat+ doll1 t he c hang ) jewels 
& silks &  sat9s4 ,b my ,bel's no       
doll-woman1 = all h] s(t mann]s & sweet 
temp]4 ,no d\bt he flatt]s himself t1 9 
a =tnight1 he's read h]  f cov] to cov]3
 & he'll be tell+ h]1 sure z fate1 t    
he's  ! "o man on e>? to make h] happy1 
& ?9k he's pay+ h] !  complim5t ( h]    

life into ! b>ga96'    ,good-natur$     
,maurice began to feel t ,=sy? _h be5 a 
trifle  inconsid]ate1 saddl+ him ) a    
virago :om he 0 q at a loss h[  to      
appease4    #8,well--complim5t or no1   
%e's free to refuse him1' he rem>k$     
soo?+ly2 #8& aft] all1 x's ! natural    
?+4'    ,miss ,o',neill p\nc$ on ! words
 almo/ be=e !y 7 out4 #8,(  c\rse x's ! 
natural ?+ = a man l ,sir ,m>k--spoilt  
by 8  "m1 "o c see ) half an eye--to    
snat* at a beautiful woman4  ,& :]e does
 a girl's fre$om come 9 :5 a man dazzles
 h] bra9  ) extravagant lov]'s talk8    
,besides--he's ri*4 ,%e's poor4 ,x almo/
  am\nts to brib]y4 ,i hate ! :ole ?+4  
,i came away = h] sake1 to  give h] a   
*ance ( kn[+ him bett]1 j 9 case,b if   
x's true1  :at y say1 ,i %all g /raight 
d[n aga9'    ,%e sprang up f h] rock &  
fac$ ab\t2 b ,l5ox1 smil+ly1  det]m9$1  
/ood a/ride across ! n>r[ pa?4          
#8,excuse me1 ,miss ,o',neill1 n if ,i c
 prev5t x1' he said4 #8,=sy?'s  go+ to h
 8 *ance fair & squ>e4 ,( c\rse if y're 

game = a  free fight--well1 come on6'   
,= a second %e look$ him up & d[n1 a    
sudd5 flick] ( hum\r 9  h] eyes4 #8,i   
tackl$ a policeman once4 ,a bigg] fell[ 
?an y4 ,& he  0 v glad to get rid ( me4'
    #8,i c well believe x1' ,maurice    
answ]$ ) becom+ gravity4 #8,b  look "h1 
j consid]1 :at e>?ly good w\ld y d by   
def]r+  ! inevitable--say1 tw5ty-f\r    
h\rs--& probably annoy+ ,miss ,alison   
into ! b>ga98'    ,! la/ %ot told4 ,h>ry
 let out h] brea? 9 a great sigh4       
#8,life's  a bewild]+ bus9ess1' %e mus$ 
al\d4 ,b common s5se told h] he  spoke  
tru?2 & %e lik$ him none ! less = back+ 
up 8 fri5d4  #8,v well1 ,mr4 ,l5ox1 ,i  
give x up4 ,y evid5tly h in/ructions f  
head-qu>t]s1 & ,i'll /ay "h till y give 
! ^w4 ,b sc5]y  bores me /iff2 s please 
make y\rself z int]e/+ z y "k h[4'      
#8,"r y are1' said ,maurice2 & indicat+ 
h] des]t$ rock he flung  himself on !   
hea!r at h] feet 9 su* a position t h]  
prosaic  figure 9 its knitt$ coat & r\gh
 skirt %\ld n intrude ^u 8  vision ( !  

l&scape4 ,!n he proce$$1 9 8 flu5t      
fa%ion1 to  enl>ge on ! subject upp]mo/ 
9 8 m9d--,sir ,m>k's que] conviction  t 
a wide-spread revival ( h&icrafts &     
guilds w\ld g f> to  solve ! /rike      
problem by re/or+ ! creative s5se 9     
lab\r &  r5ew+ ! brok5 l9k betwe5 art & 
life    ,= ,sir ,m>k himself1 at t      
mom5t1 life held only "o purpose1  "o   
a*ievem5t wor?y ( s]i\s consid]ation--! 
l9k+ ( 8  own de/9y ) t ( ! girl :o     
seem$ capable ( ma9ta9+  indef9itely h] 
graceful pose ( contemplation4 ,x 0 a   
pose t  reveal$ to admirable advantage !
 long l9es ( h] figure & !  beauty ( h] 
small head ) its close-fitt+ coils (    
hair4 ,h]  disc>d$ hat lay on ! hea!r at
 h] feet4 ,close to h] *os5 rock  sprang
 a "y bir*1 its supple grace a          
reflection ( h] own2 its  droop+ plumes1
 /irr$ by ! breeze1 dappl+ h] blue dress
 ) t9y  re/less %ad[s4    ,0 x "s       
day-dream t s held h]1 ,m>k wond]$1 or  
pure  consid]ation = ! tr\t t he _h     
presumably come out to cat*8  ,ei!r way1

 h] sil5ce & ab/raction _h ! effect ( s 
int5sify+  8 own emotion t spee* seem$  
desecration4 ,besides--he _h spok5      
already4 ,c\ld !re really be any ne$ to 
tell h] aga9 h[ swiftly  & /rangely %e  
_h swept him f 8 moor+s1 s t life held  
no?+1 mom5t>ily1 b 8 glorifi$ vision (  
h]self8 ,la/ night  ! s\nd ( h] voice1  
e*o+ 8 own confession1 _h sil5c$1 =     
good1 ! :isp]s ( prud5ce t /rove to curb
 8 impetu\s _s1  c\nsell+ delay4 ,if    
only t conf\nd$ ,miss ,o',neill _h giv5 
him  a *ance :ile ! glam\r 0 on !m bo?1 
! :ole ?+ might  h seem$ less egregi\sly
 precipitate4 ,n[ t he _h s*em$ =  half 
an h\r's privacy2 n[ t %e sat !re1 only 
a few y>ds away1  seem+ly unaw>e ( 8    
exi/5ce1 a %iv] ( unc]ta9ty *ill$ him4  
,a =tnight ago to-day1 :ile he &        
,maurice 7 rambl+ 9 se>* (  subjects1 he
 _h beheld h] = ! fir/ "t4 ,= him t     
=tnight  0 an indef9able age4 ,= h] x   
might simply be f\rte5 days    ,b ?is   
sort ( hav]+ w\ld nev] d4 ,he 0 a /rong 
man1 n  uns*ool$ 9 suff]+1 b little us$ 

to be ?w>t$ 9 8 desire4  ,& he did n    
s]i\sly expect to be ?w>t$ n[4          
,delib]ately he laid  aside 8 fi%+      
tackle1 & lean+ on "o elb[ look$ up at !
 girl1  ^: rock 0 set a little high]    
along ! slop+ bank ( ! /ream4  ,= a few 
seconds he took 8 fill ( h]1 f ! coronet
 ( h] hair  to ! s$uctive curves ( h]   
m\? & *9 t made su* t5d]  atonem5t = !  
cool directness ( h] eyes4    ,/ill %e  
did n move2 b h] lips p>t$ 9 a small    
sigh1 & !  spell 0 brok54 ,m>k rose &   
plant$ himself be=e h]4    #8,miss      
,alison1' he began--& c\ld get no fur!r4
    #8,well8' %e ask$ ) t di/ract+ lift 
( h] la%es4 #8,is !  preci\s tackle out 
( ge>8'    ,h] coolness almo/ ang]$ him 
& gave him sudd5 comm& ( 8  tongue4     
#8,tackle8 ,d'y really suppose ,i came  
out "h to cat* tr\t8'    #8,y said s la/
 night4 ,& y seem$ to be mak+ elaborate 
arrangem5ts'    #8,s ,i 0--to get half  
an h\r alone ) y1' he ann\nc$ bluntly1 &
  saw ! gho/ ( a blu% creep up "u h]    
sk94 ,he want$ simply to  take h] 9 8   

arms )\t m ado4 ,in/ead1 he sat d[n     
close to !  rock1 plung$ 8 h&s 9 !      
hea!r1 & lean$ t[>ds h]4    #8,i 0 try+ 
to tell y la/ night4 ,didn't y und]/&8' 
#8,n-no4 ,i ?\ght ! music &--! s5tim5t  
_h r c>ri$ y away4'    #8,x 0 y :o c>ri$
 me away4 ,! music 0 a k9d (            
safety-valve1  t's all4' ,he lean$ /ill 
ne>]4 #8,bel--is !re a gho/ ( a *ance  =
 me8 ,is x %e] conceit & imp]t95ce on my
 "p to ask--s soon8'    #8,no--oh no4'  
,& sudd5ly %e cov]$ h] face z if !      
int5sity ( 8  gaze affect$ h] l /rong   
sunlight4    ,he 0 sil5t a mom5t1 wat*+ 
h] & cru%+ ! hea!r 9 8  /rong f+]s4 ,!n1
 v g5tly1 he laid a h& on h] knee4      
#8,:at is x8 ,tell me4 ,i mu/ "k4'      
,at t %e dropp$ h] h&s4 ,by *ance or    
design1 "o ( !m fell on  8 own & re/$   
!re4 ,! light contact s5t electric      
?rills up 8  arm4    #8,t's j x1' %e    
said ) h] sl[ smile4 #8,y mu/ "k4 ,b we 
nei!r ( u d--yet4 ,x's be5 a wond]ful   
=tnight4 ,& if ,i hav5't  travell$ q s  
fa/ or s f> z y1 t doesn't mean'    #8,(

 c\rse x doesn't4 ,i'm n su* a conceit$ 
ass z to suppose y  c\ld fall 9 love )  
me at sight4 ,b n[ ,i've spok5--isn't   
!re any  response8'    #8,hav5't y felt 
any8' %e ask$ lightly1 & ! h& t re/$ on 
8 mov$ 9 a j p]ceptible c>ess4    #8,=  
,god's sake don't play ) me6' he broke  
out1 half angry aga94 #8,i'm  9 deadly  
e>ne/4'    #8,i "k4 ,t's j :y "o ( u mu/
 try to keep a cool head4'              
#8,nons5se6 ,y're simply f5c+4 ,& y     
hav5't answ]$ my "q4'    #8,i'm try+ to4
 ,b ,i'm half afraid 444 to let myself  
g4 ,no--don't6' ,%e  w>d$ him (f ) a    
ge/ure1 b delib]ately replac$ h] h& ov] 
84 #8,x's too sudd5 altoge!r4 ,w\ldn't x
 be wis]--= bo? ( u--to  wait a little8 
,y don't really "k me "o bit4'    ,he   
b[$ 8 head & kiss$ ! f+]s t cov]$ 8 own4
 #8,i "k  ,i love y1' he said simply1 8 
deep voice l[ & controll$4 #8,& if  y c 
say ! same1 t's en\gh = me4 ,! re/ w be 
an en*ant$  voyage ( discov]y4'         
#8,voyages ( discov]y are r risky ?+s1' 
%e rem9d$ him4 #8,&  sometimes--!y end 9

 smoke4 ,y see1 y're n j anyone4 ,i'm   
outside  y\r _w2 &--y\r "m doesn't l    
me4'    #8,nons5se1' he said aga91 )    
less conviction ?an be=e4    #8,x isn't4
 ,i'm sure %e wants y to m>ry ,miss     
,melrose4 ,& ,i ?\ght at  fir/--y seem v
 intimate4'    #8,naturally4 ,our       
intimacy began :5 %e 0 eight & ,i 0     
twelve4'  ,he spoke look+ out across !  
/ream4 ,some?+ 9 him w9c$ at h]         
allusion to ,%eila 9 t connection4 ,b x 
0 only fair on h] to  expla9 ?+s2 & he  
=c$ himself to proce$4 #8,h] p are our  
ne>e/ neighb\rs 9 ,hamp%ire4 ,h] "m's ! 
sort ( p]son :o  subsi/s *iefly on fads 
& philan?ropy--! k9d ( philan?ropy t    
makes y abom9ate *>ity & all its works4 
,:5 we lo/ 444 ,ailsa1  my little si/]1 
,"m sort ( annex$ ,%eila1 un(ficially4  
,b t  doesn't imply--t %e expects me to 
d likewise4 ,we're devot$ to  h]--bo? ( 
u4 ,%e's a spl5did little p]son2' he    
turn$ n[ & spoke  ) great] naturalness &
 w>m?4 #8,n v easy to "k4 ,b real1  "r  
?r\gh4 ,y're b\nd to love h]4 ,!re--are 

y satisfi$8'  ,)\t w>n+ he slipp$ an arm
 r\nd h]4 #8,w y give me my answ]  n[8' 
,he felt h] yield "u pressure ( 8 h&3   
!n1 ) a sudd5  en*ant+ simplicity1 %e   
lift$ h] face to 8    ,pres5tly %e      
sigh$2 pu%$ him f h] a little & look$   
/eadily  into 8 eyes--blue1 l h] own1 b 
a deep]1 t5d]] %ade1 %ot  ?r\gh ) f9e   
radiations ( orange4 ,h]s seem$ /ill to 
hold a  "q4 ,8 7 purely exultant4       
#8,d>l+1 we've done x n[1' he said "u 8 
brea?4    #8,yes4 ,i suppose--we h1' %e 
answ]$ 9 ! same key4    #8,suppose8     
,y're n go+ back on ?+s1 aft] t4 ,next  
"q  is--:5 w y m>ry me8 ,next week8'    
,h] flu%1 t _h di$ d[n1 m\nt$ aga91 cle>
 c>m9e1 beautiful  to see4 #8,oh1 ,m>k6 
,give me a few m9utes to realise x all4 
,y're s  impati5t4 ,su* a boy4 ,y make  
me feel 444 ages old'    #8,look "h1 ,i 
c't h y talk+ t sort ( rot1' he prote/$2
  incorrigibly blunt1 ev5 9 love4 #8,x's
 morbid s5tim5talism4 ,y see1  ,i'm !   
son ( a "m :o doesn't "k h[ to feel old 
at fifty4 8,boy10  inde$6 ,y're a m]e   

*ild y\rself--! de>e/ 9 creation4'      
#8,no--no4 ,i'm n a *ild4' ,h] emphatic 
prote/ rang true4 #8,p]haps y\r  "m has 
kept ! bloom on life4 ,m9e has nev] _h  
any bloom on x1  wor? m5tion+4 ,i 0 re>$
 9 a groove2 a v virtu\s groove2 &  444 
,i didn't fit4 ,i want$ to feel & "k &  
live2 to be some?+  m ?an a vegetable 9 
a ,wilt%ire village4 ,i knew ,i _h      
tal5ts (  sorts2 & ,i felt1 if ,i c\ld  
only get away & h a fair *ance1 ,i      
might a*ieve some?+ wor? do+1 or1 at    
lea/ 444 meet a man wor?  m>ry+4' ,%e   
spoke look+ away f him across !         
sun-spla%$  wat]4 #8,! only bro!r ,i c>$
 ab\t w5t (f to ! ends ( ! e>?  be=e he 
0 tw5ty4 ,if ,i'd be5 old en\gh to g )  
him1 ,i w\ldn't  be "h n[6'    #8,poor  
d>l+6' ,he tight5$ 8 hold ( h]4         
#8,dreadful calamity--isn't  x8--to be  
"h n[6 ,b didn't y\r "m und]/& y--help  
y8'    #8,poor little "m4 ,%e did h]    
be/4 ,my unconv5tional /reak comes  f h]
 side4 ,b %e's a v tame edition2 wat]$  
d[n by an  e>ly m>riage ) fa!r1 :o's z  

conv5tional z a high road1 b            
un=tunately n z broad6 ,privately1 ,i   
?9k %e 0 half pr\d (  me & half t]rifi$ 
( :at ,i might d next1 l ! h5 9 ,hans   
,&]s54 ,x 0 fa!r's ph>isaical attitude  
t[>ds my mild vag>ies  t made me worse1 
till at la/ ,i kick$ clean ov] ! traces1
 dem&$  a reasonable all[ance 7to my    
amazem5t1 ,i got x71 & w5t (f to        
,london1 to take ! _w by /orm6'    #8,to
 ,miss ,o',neill8' ,m>k qu]i$1 a fa9t   
anxiety 9 8 tone4    #8,oh no4 ,h>ry's a
 fairly rec5t phase4 ,i bo>d$ ) a       
fri5dly  family 9 ! second-rate !atrical
 l9e4 ,t 0 my *os5 road to  a*ievem5t4  
,b x didn't come (f--worse luck6'       
#8,nor ! man wor? m>ry+8'    ,h] eyes   
l+]$ 9 84 #8,n to any great ext5t6 ,!y 7
 r a  mix$ lot4 ,& ev]y?+ seem$ 9 league
 aga9/ me4 ,i made no headway  any:]e4  
,/ill--x 0 exp]i5ce4 ,x 0 life4 ,"o 0   
too busy1 ei!r  hop+ or despair+1 to be 
dull4 ,ea* new phase seem$ to be !      
discov]y ( a new k+dom1 till y f\nd--y  
hadn't ! key4 ,!re 0  ! writ+ phase1 !  

act+ phase1 ! ,am]ican phase'           
#8,am]ica8 ,:y on e>?8'    #8,oh1 ,i    
don't "k4 ,! *ance came4 ,& ! notion    
attract$ me4 ,a  bigg]1 fre%] _w2       
exp]i5ce'    #8,y seem mighty ke5 on    
exp]i5ce1' ,m>k /ruck 94 #8,d'y mean    
k--or simply new s5sations8'    ,%e     
hesitat$4 #8,aft] all--new s5sations are
 a =m ( k4 ,!  mo/ int]e/+ on e>?4 ,i'd 
g almo/ any:]e to discov] ! feel (  ?+s'
    ,%e /opp$ %ort1 & ,m>k fr[n$ into   
vacancy4 ,= ! fir/ "t he  caught himself
 wond]+ h[ old 0 %e4    #8,i %\ld say   
bett] be an ignoramus ?an a m]e         
connoisseur 9  s5sations1' he rem>k$    
quietly4 #8,b p]haps ,i miss$ y\r       
mean+8'    #8,p]haps !re wasn't any     
mean+ to miss6 ,i 0 talk+--r  at r&om4' 
,!n v lightly %e lean$ h] head aga9/ 84 
#8,m>k--de>e/1 don't look l t4'         
#8,well1 y mu/n't talk l t1' he said )  
decision4 #8,h[ long 7  y 9 ,am]ica8'   
#8,eighte5 mon?s4 ,n v pleasant always4 
,b x did me no end ( good4  ,i ev5 w5t  
home = a "t1 full ( f9e resolves4 ,b !  

poor ?+s  soon %rivell$ up 9 fa!r's     
atmosph]e4 ,!n--x 0 ,h>ry to !  rescue4'
    #8,& n[ x's ,m>k6' ,) sudd5 f]v\r he
 caught h] to him4 #8,no m  8phases0    
aft] ?is1 my ,bel4 ,y %all h y\r fre$om 
& y\r *ance4  ,i'll make up to y1 all ,i
 c1 = ! bad ye>s4 ,"m w love y'    ,bel 
%ook h] head4 #8,%e doesn't l me4'      
#8,d>l+1 %e doesn't "k y4 ,"m may h h]  
cranks &  prejudices4 ,b if !re's "o    
woman on e>? %e c be tru/$ to  love--x's
 my wife4 ,i'll take y to h] to-night4' 
#8,no--no4 ,to-morr[4 ,to-night--!re's  
,h>ry4 ,x'll be a bl[4 ,y see1 :5  ,i   
fir/ came to h]1 ,i 0 s sick--) ev]y?+1 
,i swore ,i'd nev]  m>ry4 ,%e's jeal\s  
already--'    #8,poor s\l6' ,m>k said   
t5d]ly4 #8,b ,i'm jeal\s too4 ,i c't %>e
 y  ) ,miss ,o',neill4 ,if x comes to a 
tug1 y'll h to *oose betwe5  u4'    #8,i
 h *os54' ,%e spoke ) g5u9e f]v\r2 &    
lean+ aga9/ him1  %e clos$ h] eyes4 ,s  
se51 h] face look$ ye>s y\ng] & ( a     
sa9t-l purity4 ,d\bts & qualms seem$    
sacrilege4 ,)\t a ^w he  kiss$ h] l[]$  

lids1 & f\nd1 to 8 surprise1 t h] la%es 
7  wet4      7,to be cont9u$47          
,,! ,,battlefields ,,( ,,! ,,ourcq4     
,,by ,,edmund ,,gosse1 ,c4,b4      ,9 ! 
mid/ ( ! delici\s ,ile de ,france !re   
lies an op5 piece  ( c\ntry r\ghly b\nd$
 by ?ree riv]s--! ,m>ne1 ! ,ourcq1 &  ! 
,nonette4 ,x is a high plateau1 ) roll+ 
hills & w9d+  valleys1 f]tile & smil+4  
,x =ms ! nor!rn extremity ( !  fam\s    
di/rict ( ,brie1 ri*ly productive1 !    
kit*5-g>d5 ( ,p>is1  :i* lies to ! we/ (
 x--surpris+ly1 al>m+ly ne>4 ,?is is  ! 
battlefield ( ! ,m>ne1 or m exactly ( ! 
,ourcq1 & 0  ! sc5e1 9 ,septemb] #aiad1 
( :at w probably be look$ ^u 9  hi/ory z
 "o ( ! mo/ port5t\s1 & mo/ obscurely   
en?rall+1  ( ! combats ( ! _w4 ,at !    
c\rte\s invitation ( ! ,fr5*  ,gov]nm5t1
 & "u ! *>ge ( a di/+ui%$ /aff-(fic]1   
,capta9 ,gabriel ,puaux1 ,i paid a visit
 to ^! battlefields t[>ds  ! end ( la/  
,septemb]4 ,x 0 a pilgrimage :olly      
objective &  s5tim5tal1 = ,i h no       
pret5sions ( any k9d to a k ( !  arts ( 

w>4 ,i c b give a visual impression (   
:at ! sc5es look$  l two ye>s aft] !    
/up5d\s ev5t4    ,we proce$$ 9 a ,w>    
,(fice c> almo/ directly ea/ f ! gates (
  ,p>is1 along ! great high road t[>ds  
,/rasburg4 ,we rea*$ 9 "s  sev5te5 miles
 ! po9t1 at ,claye-,s\illy1 :i* m>ks !  
extreme  advance ( ! ,g]man armies4 ,_! 
outpo/s came )9 sight ( !  village (    
,claye1 :]e !y f\nd ! ,fr5* await+ !m1 b
 !y did  n cross ! bridge ov] ! ,ourcq  
canal4 ,x ov]:elms ! imag9ation  to     
realise1 on ! spot1 h[ close ! ,g]mans 7
 to ! zone ( ,p>is  on ?is #e? (        
,septemb] #aiad4 ,civilisation1 z obs]v$
 by ! angels 9  ,mr4 ,h>dy's drama1     
might well !n seem to hang by a s+le    
?read ov]  ! abyss4 ,at ?is mom5t1 z    
,mr4 ,belloc says1 #8at ! maximum ( its 
develop$ en]gy1 at ! highe/ degree ( its
 mom5tum1' ! horrible  ,g]man ma*9e 0   
fir/ *eck$ & !n put out ( ge> by !      
spl5did  g5ius ( ! ,fr5* ,high] ,comm&4 
,we 7 eag] to see ! places  :]e ,france 
e>n$ = h]self ?is endless me$ ( glory4  

,soon aft] pass+ ,claye we left ! high  
road1 & turn$ nor? into a  labyr9? (    
byways4 ,! wea!r 0 sup]b2 x 0 "o ( ^?   
blue  days ( late ,septemb]1 :i* are apt
 to collect to !mselves all !  be/      
beauty ( ! ye> 9 ,france4 ,f dawn to    
sunset n a cl\d rose  9 ! sky2 !re      
reign$ a s(t cont9ual radiance 9 :i* !  
col\r  ( e object took peculi> int5sity4
 ,! fir/ hamlet we rea*$1  ,*>ny1 br\ght
 u to ! only disappo9tm5t ( our day2 =  
we fail$1  aft] mu* inquiry1 to f9d !   
place ( dea?1 or ev5 ( burial1 (  ! poet
 ,*>les ,pguy1 :o has be5 ! intellectual
 mascot ( ?is w>  to ,france4 ,8 gallant
 dea? op5$ ! battle ( ! ,m>ne4 ,"u !    
%elt] ( a slope1 he & 8 m5 f\ght until  
!y 7 driv5 into !  op54 ,! (fic] :o l$  
!m1 & 8 lieut5ant1 7 soon kill$2  ,pguy 
!n _h no soon] tak5 ! comm& ?an a ball  
/ruck him full 9  ! =ehead4 ,8 dea? m>k$
 ! mom5t ( transition betwe5 ,france  9 
dang] & ,france r$eem$4 ,we endeav\r$ to
 foll[ 8 track1 &  we drove ?r\gh       
,vill]oy1 :]e !re is little or no?+ left

 to see4  ,! ru/ic calm ( ^! grey       
hamlets is unbrok51 & at fir/ all t     
tells u ( ! trag$y is ! appe>ance f ?is 
po9t onw>ds ( !  flags :i* m>k :]e !    
,fr5* soldi]s lie4    ,! dom9ant feature
 ( ^! rural battlefields1 z we saw !m 9 
! full upl& sun%9e on t long spl5did    
,septemb] day1 0 !  scatt]$ pr(usion (  
little tricolor flags4 ,a long blue     
horizon1 brok5  by gold5 hay/acks aga9/ 
! sky1 gave a g5]al tone ( greyness  to 
! e>?1 :i*1 gre5 ) oats1 livid )        
beetroot1 br[n )  p>*$ luc]ne1 roll$    
b5ea? t va/ expanse4 ,9 ! mid/ ( ?is    
h>mony ( t5d] hues !re /ood out %>ply ! 
h>d r$1 :ite1 &  blue ( ! little flags1 
plant$ n[ solit>y & n[ 9 clu/]s1  )\t   
arrangem5t or sy/em--! bright flags     
flapp+ & flutt]+ 9  ! w9d z f> z ! eye  
c\ld rea*1 l *>m+ indig5\s fl[]s1  l    
brilliant ixias on "s pale ,s\? ,african
 veldt2 & ea* m>k+  ! spot :]e a h]o    
fell4 ,at fir/1 a /ick ) a kpi on ! top 
(  x1 or ev5 a cravat or a m$al1 _h to  
s]ve = a provisional m>k1  b n[ ! little

 spl5did flag seems to be a p]man5t     
memorial4 ,x  leaps f a corn] ( !       
beetroot field1 f a slope ( ! h>ve/1  f 
! turn ( an apple-or*>d1 f ! edge ( !   
road1 & 9 its  s+l5ess & 9 its multitude
 alike1 x m>ks ?is di/rict ( ! ,brie  a 
holy l& = ev]4    ,b ?is is to          
anticipate a little4 ,we pass$ nor?     
?r\gh ,iv]ny1  :]e !re 0 a great deal ( 
fight+1 & !n ea/w>ds1 skirt+  ,montyon1 
:]e ! ,g]mans1 press$ h>d 9 _! retreat1 
?rew n9e  hundr$ bombs into a duckpond4 
,x 0 only 9 ! neighb\rhood ( !  graceful
 hill ( ,montyon t ! flags began to be  
notic$4 ,9 ,montyon  we obs]v$ ! fir/   
ru9$ cottage2 b x is at ,b>cy1 ! next   
hamlet  to ! nor?-ea/1 t ! ve/iges ( w> 
beg9 to be num]\s4 ,b>cy  0 ! c5tre ( ! 
enemy's l9e on ,septemb] #f1 & ?is      
village  has n made mu* ef=t to recov] f
 its heavy deva/ation4 ,^!  little      
communes ( ! ,ile de ,france possess    
no?+ ( ! ar*itectural  *>m :i* gives s  
exquisite & t5d] a beauty to _m a       
village (  ,s\!rn ,engl&1 b mo/ ( !m h a

 s+le feature1 ! *ur*4 ,9  ! case (     
,b>cy1 ! broad village /reet =ms an     
av5ue clos$1 at  its nor!rn end1 by !   
graceful p>i% *ur*1 ) its %ort po9t$    
spire4 ,?is build+ is viol5tly injur$ by
 ! bomb>dm5t1 & looks  z ?\gh "s mon/]  
_h bitt5 l>ge pieces out ( x2 :ile no   
attempt has yet be5 made to re/ore x4   
,o!r build+s at ,b>cy h be5 pat*$ or    
m5d$4 ,x is probable t  ?is "w (        
re/oration has be5 delay$ by ! unc]ta9ty
 :i* has  prevail$ z to ! "p :i* ! ,/ate
 0 prep>$ to take 9 ?is  rehabilitation4
 ,only t5 days aft] my visit ! ,fr5*    
,gov]nm5t1 =  ! fir/ "t1 assum$ ! full  
responsibility = ! rebuild+ (  private  
prop]ty de/roy$ 9 ! w>1 & n[1 !re=e1 s  
soon z  lab\r is =?com+1 ! "w may be    
expect$ to g m]rily =w>d4  ,:at is      
involv$ is s enorm\s t ! imag9ation     
fails to foll[ !  c\rse :i* x mu/ take4 
,up to ! pres5t "t x has be5 left to    
private ent]prise1 & z reg>ds ^!        
villages ( ! ,m>ne & ,ourcq1  except :]e
 ! own] has be5 9 a hurry to resume 8   

normal life1 !  bomb>d$ villages h be5  
left 9 a deplorable dis>ray4    ,on !   
op5 d[n above ,b>cy1 & q close to !     
road1 a peasant 0  load+ a hay-c>t ) !  
help ( two sull5-look+ m5 9 r\gh :ite   
clo!s4 ,^! 7 ,g]man prison]s1 & we 7    
mov$ by curiosity  to /op & talk to !   
peasant4 ,he1 f 8 half-built rick1      
repli$  ) /olidity to our que/ions4     
#8,he _h no compla9ts to make ( !       
prison]s1' he said2 #8t "o'1 indicat+ a 
burly captive1 #8really  works q well4' 
#8,_h !y le>n$ to speak ,fr5*8' we ask$4
 #8,oh no6'  #8,h[1 !n1 did ! "w get    
on8' #8,ah1' said ! ma/]1 #8we %[ !m    
:at !y h to d1 & !y po9t at :at !y      
want4' ,dur+ ?is1 &  m1 conv]sation !   
prison]s pursu$ _! sl[ lab\r1 n glanc+  
at u or tak+ m notice ?an cattle w\ld4  
,/range x seem$1 &  almo/ inhuman1 t ^! 
,g]mans %\ld h liv$ two ye>s 9 ?is      
seque/]$ ,fr5* village & t nei!r on ! "o
 side nor on !  o!r %\ld !re h be5 !    
smalle/ approximation ( language4  ,!   
peasant #8_h no compla9ts to make1' & t 

0 ! sum ( _!  relations4    ,x 0 beyond 
,b>cy t ! bright flags began to be      
abundant4 ,! eye  _h no long] any ne$ to
 seek = !m2 ! g>d5 ( dea? 0 n[  lavi% ( 
its b\quets ( fl[]s4 ,!y 7 difficult to 
di/+ui%  among ! beetroot1 easy among ! 
oats1 insi/5t on ! grey expanse  (      
/ubble4 ,soon aft] leav+ ,b>cy1 at !    
corn] :]e ! road turns  abruptly s\?1   
!re is a great clu/] ( !m1 &1 always at 
a little  di/ance (f1 ! pla9 black      
crosses :i* m>k ! spots :]e ,g]mans  are
 buri$4 ,pres5tly we paus$ to exam9e !  
great monum5t rais$ to  ! memory (      
(fic]s & m5 :o fell 9 ! battle ( !      
,ourcq4 ,x is  g>i% 9 col\r1 & too mu*  
adorn$ ) symbols 9 silv]$ c>dbo>d  &    
wrea?s ( ars5ical gre54 ,no d\bt x is   
provisional2 a memorial  9 sev]] ta/e w 
ultimately te/ify to ! rip] g5ius (     
,france4  ,we desc5d to ,*ambry1 ano!r  
t9y village ( ,brie1 & "h we meet  ) a  
feature ( poignant importance4 ,9 !     
great #8pu%1' ! retir+  ,g]mans occupi$ 
! cemet]y ( ,*ambry1 a wall$ enclosure  

at !  summit ( ! village2 ?is 0 a       
position ( great /r5g?1 comm&+  !       
c\ntryside 9 e direction4    ,! ,g]mans 
us$ ?is cemet]y z a citadel1 & ! holes  
:i* !y  made = _! guns 9 ! wall1 & !    
brea*es 9 ! p>apet1 are  /ill unt\*$4 ,z
 _! army retir$ ! enemy 7 oblig$ to     
)draw  f ?is position1 & !re 0 a viol5t 
/ruggle1 9 ! c\rse (  :i* ! ,fr5* rega9$
 ! enclosure1 & us$ x 9 _! turn4  ,!y   
fir$ ) full effect f beh9d ! granite    
tomb/ones4 ,aft]  ! battle ! :ole       
cemet]y 0 a sc5e ( ru9 & confusion1 b ( 
?is no?+ rema9s n[1 except ! gun-holes &
 brea*es 9 ! wall1  :i* h n be5 repair$4
 ,all ! monum5ts ( ! dead1 on !  o!r h&1
 h be5 replac$ ) extreme piety1 &1 !    
cemet]y n  hav+ be5 ne>ly full be=e1 its
 free spaces h be5 us$ to hold  ! tombs 
( (fic]s & m5 :o fell 9 ! battle4 ,i    
not$1 among _m  ( pa!tic int]e/1 ! /one 
erect$ 9 memory ( ,lieut4 ,quiliqu9i1   
:o br\ght 8 ,tunisian troops1 ! #h?     
,tirailleurs1 f ,sfax4 ,!re  seem$      
some?+ :i* mov$ ! fancy sorr[fully 9 !  

idea ( ^!  loyal ,africans :o fell to   
w>d (f ! b>b>ians' bl[ at ,p>is4        
,outside ! cemet]y local patriotism has 
fitt$ up1 9 a b>n1 a sort  ( r\gh museum
 ( objects f\nd on ! battlefields4 ,no  
d\bt ?is w  be a great attraction :5    
once ! t\ri/ reassembles 9 8 myriads4   
,at pres5t ! solitude is brok5 only by  
occasional privileg$ m\rn]s1  #8briss   
d'motion et de tri/esse4'    ,proce$+   
s\?1 we 7 soon out ( ! battlefield ( !  
,ourcq1 !  fronti] be+ m>k$ at ,p5*>d by
 ano!r r g>i% monum5t to  ! fall5       
(fic]s4 ,?is is ! place :]e ?ree ?\s&   
,morocco  troops da%$ ) memorable fury (
 attack up ! ,p5*>d hill4 ,at ?is  po9t 
! road turns1 reveal+1 f> bel[1 to !    
left1 ! clu/]$  h\ses ( ,meaux1 ) its   
ca!dral1 seat$ 9 a ri* glade across a   
curve ( ! silv] ,m>ne4 ,! fir/ /age (   
our pilgrimage 0 ov]1  & we paus$ an h\r
 9 ! exquisite city ( :i* ,bossuet 0 !  
,eagle-bi%op4 ,meaux is celebrat$ = !   
miracle :i* snat*$ x f  ! v jaws ( !    
dog1 & prev5t$ x f becom+ ano!r ,arras1 

ano!r ,reims4 ,! cata/rophe seem$       
inevitable1 :5 at six o'clock on        
,septemb] #e a patrol ( ,uhlans appe>$ 9
 ! city4 ,all day long !y  7 close to   
,meaux1 ! population ( :i* _h giv5      
!mselves up  = lo/ ?ree days be=e4 ,!   
bomb>dm5t ( ! ca!dral actually  began1  
b1 z by ! direct int]position ( ,god1 no
 %ell t\*$ !  build+1 & !n1 "u !        
pressure ( ! ,engli% army1 ! ,g]mans    
retir$ altoge!r4 ,! situation ( ,meaux1 
) its r[ ( great  sev5te5?-c5tury mills 
on a /one bridge spann+ ! riv]--mills   
:i* /ill produce imm5se quantities (    
fl\r = ,p>is--is z  picturesque z t (   
any prov9cial city 9 ,france1 & on !    
occasion  ( our rec5t visit1 ) its      
brimm+ riv]1 its anci5t russet mills1   
its noble *ur*1 all ba!d 9 ! liquid gold
 ( ,septemb]1 x seem$  loveli] ?an ev]  
be=e4 ,! only sign ( di/urbance is !    
mod]n  bridge1 :i* ! ,engli% blew up =  
/rategical purposes1 )\t  hurt+ ! old   
t[n 9 any respect4    ,9 leav+ ,meaux to
 return to ! battlefields we took a     

nor?w>d road  almo/ p>allel ) t by :i*  
we _h ent]$1 b some:at to  ! ea/ ( x1   
?us cross+ ! battlefields at a po9t a   
c\ple (  miles f>!r on 9 ! ,g]man       
retreat4 ,!re is little to see close to 
,meaux1 b pres5tly ! graves beg91 _m (  
!m gay ) dahlias &  *rysan!mums4 ,we    
desc5d$ to ! village ( ,v>r$des1 :i*    
takes a  prom95t place 9 ! *ronicle ( ! 
fight+4 ,! /ruggle "h 0  v heavy4       
,v>r$des is a r l>ge village1 built a   
little di/ance  to ! s\? ( ! canal ( !  
,ourcq1 :i* makes at ?is place a  great 
b5d1 surr\nd+ ! village on ?ree sides1  
:ile ! ,m>ne  ne>ly isolates x on !     
f\r?4 ,h5ce x 0 held by ! enemy )       
det]m9ation z long z possible4 ,at      
,v>r$des ! ,g]mans did dreadful  ?+s4   
,!y ord]$ ! population ( ! village to   
leave x at once1  & a gr\p ( sev5te5 v  
old m51 :o 7 too infirm to move         
quickly1 !y set up aga9/ a wall & %ot 9 
cold blood4 ,! prie/1 a  v5]able man (  
sev5ty-six ye>s1 !y seiz$ z a ho/age1 & 
kill$  9 _! retreat4    ,_m bright new  

ro(s & walls te/ify 9 ! village (       
,v>r$des to  ! ent]prise ( !            
inhabitants1 :o h v5tur$ to rebuild _!  
ru9$ h\ses4 ,! *ur*1 :i* has "s good    
?irte5?-c5tury  features1 seems to be   
intact4 ,& yet x is precisely at        
,v>r$des  t ! s*eme ( ! battle1 z x     
swept f we/ to ea/1 is mo/  intelligible
 to a civilian4 ,! int5sity ( ! fight+  
is prov$ by  ! pr(usion ( graves1 ^:    
flags glitt] & %imm]1 ) _!  petals ( r$1
 :ite1 & blue1 9 e direction4 ,f>!r on1 
above  ,etrpilly1 a l>ge turf$ res]voir1
 p]*$ on a hillock1 =ms a  l&m>k1 f :i* 
! eye explores 9 e direction ! roll+    
c\ntry1 int]sect$ by sc>cely visible    
gl5s or tr5*es1 ?r\gh  :i* ! riv]s w9d4 
,on ! summit ( ?is comm&+ height we f\nd
  a curi\s monum5t1 :i* call$ = an      
explanation :i* no "o seem$  compet5t to
 give4 ,x consi/s ( a metal %ield (     
brilliant v]milion  & azure1 surm\nt$ by
 sev5 flags--"o ( !m ! ,am]ican flag--& 
address$ 9 l>ge lett]s1 #8,les          
,prisonni]s de ,gu]re aux ,hros de la   

,m>ne4' ,:at prison]s ^! 7 we ask$ "o   
ano!r 9 va94 ,b x  made our he>ts1 ) a  
t\* ( add$ my/]y1 ?rill 9 fre% response 
to ^? myriads ( memorial fl[]s t tw9kl$ 
& sp>kl$ on !  circle ( br[n fields     
ar\nd u4 ,!re is "o object ( horror t   
attracts att5tion "h4 ,x 0 a great b>n  
or hang>1 9 :i* !  bodies ( ! fall5     
,g]mans 7 heap$ up aft] ! battle1 & !n  
burn$ by _! comrades4 ,x is n[ no?+ b a 
huge skeleton (  twi/$ iron1 grimac+ at 
! sky4    ,betwe5 ,v>r$des & ,etrpilly1 
z we prep>e to cross ! ,ourcq1 we  pass 
a little tav]n at ! left-h& side ( !    
road1 :i* c>ries on  a newly pa9t$ sign 
! "n #8 l',obus4' ,! excuse = ?is is t  
on its gable-end1 close to a w9d[1 x    
displays an unexplod$ ,g]man  %ell1 ru/y
 & r$1 :i* half p5etrat$ ! wall & /uck  
!re1  )\t bur/+4 ,simil> bombs are      
already po9t$ out z curiosities 9       
tree-trunks1 & w d\btless be mu*        
exploit$ :5 t\ri/s beg9  to be admitt$4 
,on ! ea/ f ,v>r$des we _h se51 ?r\gh a 
scre5  ( trees1 ! ,m>ne bel[ u1 & !     

great bridge at ,g]migny-l',evque1  :i* 
! ,g]mans blew up beh9d !m 9 _! f9al    
retreat4 ,we are n[  9 ! v mid/ ( ! wor/
 slaught] ( ,septemb] #f & #g1 #aiad1  b
 x is v curi\s to see h[ little sign ( x
 is left 9 !  c\ntryside4 ,occasional   
remnants ( b>b$ wire1 & "h & !re !      
tr5*es ( def5ce1 might easily be        
ov]look$ by a ha/y travell]4  ,he w m   
readily notice t "h are or*>ds1 />r$ ) !
  rose-col\r ( rip5+ apples2 !re fea!ry 
boskage ( acacias  delicately gre52 "h  
we run betwe5 viol5tly contra/$ fields1 
)  ! sulphur ( mu/>d on "o side1 !      
purple ( beetroot on ! o!r2  !re !      
oat-h>ve/ desc5ds to little copses (    
*e/nut & bee*1  t brood ov] "s unse5    
rivulet4 ,ev]y:]e ! peace ( uni=m  ru/ic
 exp]i5ce1 unalt]$ ?r\gh ! sob]         
c5turies1 w\ld seem  /amp$ ^u ! l&scape1
 if ! little occasional gr\ps ( flapp+  
tricolors 7 n !re to rem9d u t only two 
brief ye>s ago !  "q :e!r ,european     
lib]ty %\ld or %\ld n be ov]:elm$ =  ev]
 0 f\ght out "h ) unsurpassable fury &  

t5acity4    ,! w9d+ wall$ hamlet (      
,etrpilly is bright ) ! sun%9e on  its  
new orange & velvet-br[n ro(s1 by :i* ! 
damage done by  ! ,g]man %ells is       
conceal$4 ,?is is n ! case ) ! little   
village ( ,v9cy-,manuvres1 ?r\gh :i* we 
pass next on our nor?w>d  c\rse4 ,v9cy 0
 heavily %ell$ on ,septemb] #g1 & /ill  
pres5ts  an appe>ance ( dismal          
dilapidation4 ,)\t d\bt1 ?is is a matt] 
:i* dep5ds on ! ent]prise or weal? (    
individual proprietors1  & x w be curi\s
 to see :at imm$iate effect ! decision (
  ! ,gov]nm5t to repair all private     
prop]ty at ! co/ ( ! ,/ate  w h 9 ^!    
remote communes4 ,x 0 on ,septemb] #i1  
#aiad1  t ! ,g]man army made a f9al /&  
on ! wood$ height betwe5                
,v9cy-,manuvres & ,acy-en-,multi51 f :i*
 !y 7 dislodg$ next  day by ! army (    
,man\ry4 ,?is 0 ! ?ird & conclusive /age
 (  ! great /ruggle1 9 ! c\rse ( :i* !  
six? ,fr5* army pu%$  back !            
half-encircl+ corps ( ,kluck's          
re9=cem5ts1 & "h we  felt x necess>y to 

be> 9 m9d1 z mu* z ! peaceful uni=mity (
  ! l&scape w\ld p]mit1 ! great d\ble   
l9e ( attack & retreat  :i* we _h n[    
twice trav]s$4    ,we sp$ on nor?1 & 7  
n[ no long] 9 ! dep>tm5t ( !            
,se9e-et-,m>ne1 b 9 t ( ! ,oise4 ,no    
place 0 m prom95t 9  ! battle ?an       
,acy-en-,multi51 :i* we n[ approa*$4    
,?is mu/ h  be51 & inde$ /ill is1 mu* ! 
mo/ attractive & picturesque (  !       
villages :i* ! battle ( ! ,ourcq has    
immortalis$4 ,acy lies  9 a wood$ dimple
 ( ! high plateau1 & x is scatt]$       
broadly  ov] its site1 m l an ,engli%   
?an a ,fr5* t[n%ip4 ,:5 x is  consid]$ )
 :at viol5ce ! ,g]mans 7 hunt$ out (    
,acy1 x is  surpris+ h[ few m>ks ( _!   
pres5ce are left4 ,"o l>ge h\se1  (     
*teau pret5sions1 is a complete wreck1  
hav+ be5 bomb$ out (  exi/5ce by ,g]man 
%ells1 b ! beautiful & curi\s *ur*1 )   
its twelf?-c5tury octagonal t[] & its   
rudim5ts ( e>lie/ ,go?ic  ornam5t1 is1 s
 f> z ! eye c judge1 intact4 ,at ,acy a 
prodigi\s  numb] ( ,fr5* soldi]s are    

buri$ 9 a va/ cemet]y1 :i* seems to  h  
be5 improvis$ = ! occasion4 ,! piety (  
relatives & fri5ds  keeps ^! graves s   
lavi%ly cov]$ ) nosegays t ! cemet]y    
looks l a fl[]-g>d54 ,! epitaphs &      
s5tim5ts on ! tomb/ones  are poignant1 &
 we l+]$ long & ) great emotion 9 ?is   
sacr$  melan*oly place4 ,i 0 p>ticul>ly 
/ruck by "o inscription--t  on !        
tomb/one ( a c]ta9 ,*>les ,s*ulz1 :o di$
 z a corporal1  lead+ on 8 m54 ,he _h   
be51 till ! w> broke out1 a ,prote/ant  
pa/or1 b 9 :at locality ! epitaph does n
 say4 ,! text *os5  = 8 place (         
burial--#8il t9t f]me1 p>cequ'il voyait 
celui qui  e/ invisible'--may well h be5
 ! e*o ( 8 own s5tim5ts :5  he ex*ang$ 8
 m9i/ry = ! t]rible duty ( fight+ = 8   
fa!rl&4 ,by 8 "n1 he 0 d\btless an      
,alsatian1 & curiosity 0  eag] to "k m (
 ?is ,prote/ant pa/or-corporal :o sleeps
 9 !  pretty cemet]y ( ,acy-en-,multi54 
,9 leav+ ,acy1 our motor lo/ its way up 
a lane t l$ only to a  f>my>d4 ,by ?is  
happy *ance1 9 our desc5t or retreat1 we

 enjoy$  an exquisite view ( ! village1 
ne/l$ 9 its grove ( *e/nuts  ar\nd !    
spire ( its r fanta/ic *ur*--a view :i* 
9 o!r  conditions we %\ld h miss$1 s9ce 
^! villages1 sunk5 9  folds ( ! upl&1 h 
a /range faculty = mak+ !mselves        
invisible at a little di/ance4 ,recov]+ 
our r\te1 we cont9u$  nor?w>d1 ov] !    
high r\nd$ plateau ( ! ,multi51 :i* is !
  local "n = ?is "p ( ! dep>tm5t ( !    
,oise4 ,! "*  ( ! l&scape n[ *anges1 &  
becomes v ,engli%4 ,proce$+  f ,acy to  
,nanteuil-le-,h>d\9 is l trav]s+ ! high 
p>ts  ( ,gl\ce/]%ire2 ! lie ( ! l&      
exactly resembles t (  ! ,cotswolds1 &  
,i c\ld easily h p]suad$ myself t we 7  
driv+ f ,/[-9-!-,wold to ,bur=d4 ,x is  
obvi\s t ?is  roll+ c\ntry1 "h entirely 
depriv$ ( /reams & gl5s1 (f]s an        
extraord9>y opportunity = ! evolutions (
 troops1 b rem>kably  little %elt] = !m4
    ,nanteuil1 a gloomy village1 almo/ a
 t[n1 ) w9d+ n>r[ /reets1  sev]ely grey1
 & a great *ur* :i* t[]s ov] ! wayf>]1  
m>ks  ! limit ( ! battle nor?-ea/w>ds4  

,al?\gh !re 0 a good deal  ( fight+     
ar\nd ,nanteuil1 x %[s1 s f> z we c\ld  
p]ceive1 no  trace ( injury1 ev5 on !   
picturesque faade ( ! *ur*4 ,we left  x 
to ent] a long av5ue ( oaks1 & !re 0 no 
m>k ( any k9d to  indicate :]e ! battle 
end$4 ,my companion humor\sly rem>k$ t x
  0 ! duty ( ! ,gov]nm5t to put up a    
poteau ) ! inscription1  #8,ici f9it le 
*amp de bataille de l',ourcq'6 ,b 9 !   
abs5ce ( su* a  guide-po/ to aid !      
imag9ation ( ! travell] !re 0 no?+ 9  ! 
roll+ agricultural l&scape1 f :i* !     
little fl[]y flags  _h n[ disappe>$1 to 
indicate t "h !re _h be5 any di/urbance 
( ! peace ( ! _w4    ,at ?is po9t1      
!re=e1 a picture ( ! battlefields ( !   
,ourcq  z !y n[ exi/ %\ld end4 ,b an    
impression 0 await+ u at !  ?re%old ( ! 
v next village1 ,b>on1 :i* 0 p]haps !   
mo/  poignant & c]ta9ly ! mo/           
extraord9>y ( our :ole day4 ,z we       
motor$ along we notic$1 j be=e rea*+    
,b>on1 a high wall on  ! left h& conta9+
 a m>ble plaque1 ) an inscription 9 gold

  lett]s4 ,curiosity prompt$ u to /op & 
read ?is inscription1 :i*  /at$ t 9 !   
h\se beh9d ?is wall ! musical compos]1  
,albric  ,magn>d1 0 %ot & burn$ on      
,w$nesday1 ,septemb] #c1 #aiad4 ,a      
fun]eal  poem by ,m4 ,edmond ,ro/&      
describ$ h[        ,celui-l1 qui1       
rebelle  t\te trahison1    _h liv$ !re1 
di$ to pres]ve ! hon\r ( 8 art4 ,we 7   
!re=e close to ! sc5e ( a horrible      
crime1 :i* ! magnitude  ( ! ev5ts t     
closely foll[$ x has some:at obscur$ 9  
memory4  ,albric ,magn>d1 ! au?or (     
#8,gu]cur' & o!r op]as1 born on ,june   
#i1 #ahfe1 0 "o ( ! mo/ em95t &         
successful musicians ( ,france4  ,he _h 
= _m ye>s possess$ a c\ntry-seat at     
,b>on1 :]e he _h  built a little *teau1 
,le ,manoir des ,fonta9es1 9 :i* he _h  
br\ght  toge!r a collection ( musical   
in/rum5ts & books :i* 0 fam\s4    ,we 7 
read+ ! inscription on ! wall1 :5 a door
 9 ! latt]  op5$ & a sad woman appe>$1  
ask+ u if we w\ld l to see !  place :]e 
,monsieur ,magn>d di$4 ,%e l$ u ?r\gh a 

p]gola (  climb+ plants to a po9t :]e we
 sudd5ly saw be=e u :at resembl$  a sc5e
 9 "s op]a--a g>d5 blaz+ ) begonias &   
,african  m>igolds1 surr\nd$ on ?ree    
sides by a graceful balu/rade1 &        
velvety ) gre5 sw>d4 ,bel[ ! balu/rade a
 little p>k1 beautifully  kept1 te/ifi$ 
to ! elegant ta/e ( ! proprietor4 ,b 9 !
 mid/  ( ?is brilliance & neatness !    
livid %ell ( ! h\se itself  /ood unt\*$ 
s9ce ! disa/]1 produc+ 9 ! mid/ ( !     
bright  p>t]res & trim lawns an         
extraord9>y effect ( s9i/] & ironic     
horror4 ,x 0 l see+ a skeleton 9 a      
ball-dress1 or a wrea? (  roses r\nd a  
skull4    ,! good woman1 :o h]self _h   
lo/ 9 ! fight+ h] two sons1  describ$ to
 u ! murd]4 ,a troop ( ,g]mans 0 m>*+   
d[n !  road &1 attract$ by some?+ 9 !   
,manoir des ,fonta9es1 !y _h  insi/$ on 
be+ admitt$ by ! door at :i* we ent]$4  
,m4 ,magn>d  0 9 8 ba?-room1 at ! back (
 ! h\se4 ,he is believ$ to h  appe>$ at 
! w9d[1 & a ,g]man soldi] imm$iately %ot
 him  dead4 ,!y !n set fire to ! h\se1 &

 !y wat*$ x till !  half-calc9$ body ( !
 compos] fell ?r\gh ! raft]s on to !    
floor ( ! room bel[4 ,mean:ile1 !y took 
8 son & ti$ him1  fac+ ! sc5e ( 8 fa!r's
 murd]1 to ! trunk ( a tree 9  ! g>d51 &
 prep>$ to %oot him4 ,b ?ree peasants   
out ( !  village ( ,b>on swore t he 0 n 
! son ( ,m4 ,magn>d1 b ( !  g>d5]2 & s1 
:5 _! "w 0 done1 ! ,g]mans w5t (f1 leav+
  ! boy alive1 to be releas$ by !       
villag]s4 ,! exact conditions  "u :i* ! 
fam\s compos] 0 kill$ are my/]i\s1 & are
 likely  to rema9 s1 s9ce no ,fr5* eye  
witness$ ! actual commission ( !  crime4
 ,x is possible t he (f]$1 or appe>$    
likely to (f]1 "s  resi/ance to !       
aggressors4    ,m4 ,ro/&'s v]ses sugge/ 
t1 9 ! v]sion ( ! ev5t :i*  rea*$ him1  
,magn>d 0 attempt+ #8to pres]ve ! hon\r 
( 8 art4'  ,:e!r he obey$ an in/9ct (   
self-pres]vation1 or :e!r he fell a     
passive victim1 matt]s v little4 ,!     
incid5t 9 any case illu/rates  t        
,teutonic _s ( an>*ism :i* ,visc\nt     
,grey has /igmatis$ z  a m5ace to !     

future ( civilisation4          ,,two   
,,monum5ts ,,9 ,,we/m9/] ,,abbey4       
,,by ,,sir ,,*>les ,p4 ,,lucas1         
,k4,c4,b41 ,k4,c4,m4,g4      ,9 ,we/m9/]
 ,abbey1 t[>ds ! we/]n end ( ! nave1 on 
!  nor!rn side1 /&s a monum5t ( r       
special int]e/ at !  pres5t day1 ^u :i* 
!re is ?is inscription3        #8,!     
,prov9ce ( ,massa*usets ,bay 9 ,new     
,engl&1 by an ord]      ( ! great &     
g5]al ,c\rt be>+ date ,feb4 #a/1 #agei1 
caus$ ?is monum5t to be erect$ to !     
memory ( ,george      ,augu/us ,"l      
,visc\nt ,h[e1 ,brigadi] ,g5]al ( ,8    
,maje/y's      =ces 9 ,am]ica1 :o 0 sla9
 ,july ! #f?1 #ageh1 on !      m>* to   
,ticond]oga1 9 ! #cd? ye> ( 8 age3 9    
te/imony      ( ! s5se !y _h ( 8 s]vices
 & milit>y virtues1      & ( ! affection
 _! (fic]s & soldi]s bore to 8          
comm&4 ,he liv$ respect$ & belov$1 !    
public regrett$      8 loss1 to 8 family
 x is irrep>able4'    ,dean ,/anley1 9 8
 #8,hi/orical ,memorials ( ,we/m9/]     
,abbey'  7#ahfi ed471 makes ! foll[+    

ref]5ce to ?is monum5t1 :i*  app>5tly   
/ood1 at ! date :5 he wrote1 9 ! s\?    
aisle ( !  nave3 #8,massa*usetts &      
,ticond]oga1 n yet divid$ f u1 appe>  on
 ! monum5t 9 ! ,s\? aisle ( ! ,nave     
erect$ to ,visc\nt  ,h[e1 ! unsuccessful
 eld] bro!r ( ! fam\s ,admiral4' ,x is  
difficult to und]/& :y ! ,dean us$ !    
curi\sly infelicit\s  t]m               
#8unsuccessful' 9 ?is case4 ,! ^w might 
h be5 appli$  ) "s accuracy to ! y\ng]  
soldi] bro!r1 ,sir ,william ,h[e1  mo/  
successful 9 8 e>ly milit>y c>e]1 b n s 
9 ! ,w> (  ,am]ican ,indep5d5ce1 ?\gh   
ev5 9 t w> he 0 a con/ant w9n]  (       
battles2 b unless to die "y is1 on !    
pr9ciple ( ! survival  ( ! fitte/1 to be
 consid]$ a m>k ( failure1 no ^w c\ld be
 m  inappropriate to a man ^: life1     
accord+ to ! notice ( him 9 !  ,annual  
,regi/] = #ageh1 presumably writt5 by   
,edmund ,burke1 #80 long  en\gh = 8     
hon\r1 b n = 8 c\ntry4'    ,he 0 ! elde/
 ( ?ree bro!rs4 ,! second 0 ! fam\s     
,admiral1  #8,black ,dick1' ! h]o ( #8,!

 ,glori\s ,fir/ ( ,june1' :i* we recall$
  on ! occasion ( ! late great sea-fight
 9 ! ,nor? ,sea4 ,! ?ird  0 ! g5]al     
already m5tion$4 ,!y 7 a notable trio1 b
 !  elde/1 ! %orte/ liv$1 !             
#8unsuccessful' "o ( ! ?ree1 _h 9  him !
 promise ( greatness ( ! r>e/ k9d4 ,x   
w\ld be difficult  to pick out any man  
^: dea? call$ =? su* a cons5sus (       
eulogy4  ,possibly he 0 felix           
opportunitate mortis4 ,possibly ! same  
might be  said ( 8 fri5d ,wolfe1 :o 0   
kill$ 9 8 ?irty-?ird ye>1 z  ,h[e 9 8   
?irty-f\r?4 ,b assur$ly1 _h ^! two m5   
liv$ on1  !re w\ld h be5 a diff]5t /ory 
to tell ( ,engl& & ,am]ica4    ,dean    
,/anley writes ( ,wolfe's fri5d%ip = ,"l
 ,h[e ! ,admiral1  quot+ ,horace        
,walpole's words1 t !y 7 #8fri5ds to ea*
 o!r  z cannon to gunp[d]'2 b ,wolfe's  
fri5d%ip = ! #8unsuccessful'  bro!r mu/ 
h be5 z great2 8 admiration = him at any
 rate 0  unb\nd$4 ,wolfe 0 no great     
respect] ( p]sons2 he 0 some:at         
impati5t & critical ( o!r comm&]s1      

b--#8,if my ,"l ,h[e _h  liv$1 ,i %\ld h
 be5 v happy to h receiv$ 8 ord]s4' ,9  
,wolfe's eyes ,h[e 0 #8! v be/ (fic] 9 !
 ,k+'s s]vice1'  #8! noble/ ,engli%man t
 has appe>$ 9 my "t4' ,& s said !y  all3
 !re 0 no diss5ti5t voice1 no :isp] (   
criticism1 no trace  ( jeal\sy4 ,g5]al  
,ab]cromby1 to :om ,h[e 0 second 9      
comm&1 9  report+ 8 dea?1 wrote1 #8,he  
01 v des]v$ly1 univ]sally belov$  &     
respect$ ?r\gh\t ! :ole army4' ,pitt's  
te/imony ran t #8he  0 by ! univ]sal    
voice ( army & p a "* ( anci5t  times1 a
 complete model ( milit>y virtue 9 all  
its bran*es4' ,rob]t  ,rog]s1 ! bold    
lead] ( ! ,rang]s1 9 ^: company ,h[e    
le>nt !  art ( ,nor? ,am]ican bu%       
fight+1 wrote ( him z a #8noble & brave 
(fic]1' #8univ]sally belov$ by bo?      
(fic]s & soldi]s ( !  army'2 :ile !     
memb]s ( ! ,massa*usetts ,h\se (        
,assembly1 no great  lov]s ( ! r$coats f
 home1 & close-fi/$ en\gh 9 ord9>y      
deal+s1 vot$ #bej = a monum5t to !      
,engli%man1 ^: "*  _h impress$ !m all1 &

 ^: p]son _! soldi]s de>ly lov$4    ,h[e
 _h be5 made colonel ( ! lately rais$   
,royal ,am]icans1 !  ance/ors ( ! #fj?  
,rifles1 ! fam\s ,k+'s ,royal ,rifle    
,corps4  ,%ortly aft]w>ds he 0 transf]r$
 to ! comm& ( ! #ee?  ,regim5t4 ,pitt !n
 appo9t$ him to be brigadi] to ,g5]al   
,ab]cromby1  :o1 9 #ageh1 0 plac$ 9 *ief
 comm& ( ! ,c5tral ,advance on  ,canada1
 along ! l9e ( ,lake ,george & ,lake    
,*ampla94 ,ab]cromby  nei!r 01 nor _h ! 
reputation ( be+1 a fir/-rate g5]al1  & 
,"l ,*e/]field 0 no d\bt r\ghly accurate
 :5 he wrote1  #8,ab]cromby is to be !  
s$5t>y & n ! act+ comm&]4'  ,!          
inspiration & ! motive =ce 7 to come f  
,h[e4 ,e>ly 9  ,july #ageh ! army1      
consi/+ ( ov] #fjjj regul>s & "s #ijjj  
prov9cials1 0 c>ri$ on bateaux &        
:aleboats to ! nor!rn end  ( ,lake      
,george1 :]e1 ne> ! outlet ( t lake into
 ,lake ,*ampla91  /ood ! imm$iate       
objective1 ! ,fr5* =t ( ,ticond]oga4 ,! 
=ce  0 l&$1 an advance 0 made ?r\gh d5se
 =e/ & scrub1 ,"l ,h[e  ) a p>ty (      

,rang]s 0 lead+ ! pr9cipal column1 !y   
/umbl$  across a ,fr5* reconnoitr+ p>ty1
 !re 0 a skirmi%1 & ,h[e  0 kill$4 #8,! 
,fr5* lo/ above ?ree hundr$ m51 & we1   
?\gh  successful1 lo/ z mu* z x 0       
possible to lose 9 "o4' ,t is "o  ( ! _m
 comm5ts made ^u ! incid5t1 all on !    
same note4 ,"h  is ano!r3 #8,9 ,"l ,h[e 
! s\l ( ,g5]al ,ab]cromby's army seem$  
to  expire4' ,two days lat] ,ab]cromby  
ord]$ a headlong1 blund]+ assault  ^u ! 
works ( ! =t1 :i* end$ 9 t]rible losses 
& complete  repulse4    ,9 8 dispat* (  
,augu/ #bf1 #aiae1 report+ ^u !         
op]ations at !  ,d>danelles up to t     
date1 ,sir ,ian ,hamilton wrote3        
#8,lieut5ant-,g5]al ,sir ,w4 ,r4        
,birdwood has be5 ! s\l (      ,anzac4  
,n = "o s+le day has he ev] quitt$ 8    
po/4      ,*e]y & full ( human sympa?y1 
he has sp5t _m h\rs (      ea* tw5ty-f\r
 inspir+ ! def5d]s ( ! front tr5*es1    
& if he does n "k e soldi] 9 8 =ce1 at  
lea/      e soldi] 9 ! =ce believes he  
is kn[n to 8 *ief4'    ,"h we h some?+ l

 a mod]n c\nt]p>t1 happily /ill ) u1  ( 
,"l ,h[e4    ,x is at once ! glory ( !  
,briti% ,empire1 & its *ief s\rce  (    
/r5g?1 t x conta9s )9 x s _m div]se     
elem5ts1 all  co-op]at+ = ! common weal1
 all ow+ free & will+ allegiance  to "o 
sov]eign4 ,_m races comb9e to make !    
great community :i*  we call by !       
/rangely inaccurate t]m ( ,empire2 & !  
,briti% race  itself1 9 ! process (     
transplantation1 has develop$ diff]5t   
types  9 diff]+ l&s1 climates1 &        
surr\nd+s4 ,! home ,briton1 born  & br$ 
)9 ! f\r seas ( ! ,unit$ ,k+dom1        
necess>ily diff]s  some:at 9 "* &       
physique f ! ,briton ( ! ,canadian      
prairies or ! ,au/ralian backblocks4 ,! 
,canadian ,briton aga9 diff]s  f !      
,au/ralasian or ,s\? ,african1 :ile     
among ,au/ralasians !  ,au/ralian is (  
"o type1 ! ,new ,zeal&] ( ano!r4 ,all   
supplem5t  ea* o!r2 all contribute to ! 
common /ock "s +r$i5t :i* !  o!rs h n1 &
 ! sum total is great] & ri*] ?an if !  
units ( :i* x is compos$ 7 all alike &  

uni=m4 ,on ! o!r  h&1 div]sities dem&   
wise h&l+1 or !y may become a s\rce n  (
 /r5g?1 b ( weakness4 ,x is z easy to   
drift f>!r ap>t z to  come clos]1 to    
exagg]ate diff]5ces z to m9imise !m4 ,e 
citiz5  ( ! ,empire is a mission>y ( !  
,empire1 = by ! individual  citiz5s !   
types are judg$4 ,! home ,briton :o     
visits ,au/ralia  leaves beh9d him a    
good or bad ta/e = ,engl& among !       
,au/ralians  ) :om he has be5 br\ght    
into contact4 ,! ,au/ralian :o comes to 
! ,old ,c\ntry gives to ,au/ralia among 
! p ( ! ,old ,c\ntry a  bett] or a worse
 "n4 ,b ( necessity ! lead]s are mo/    
pot5t 9  mission "w1 & among ! lead]s ^?
 :o lead arm$ m5 on active  s]vice2 :o  
are 9 t\* ) !m day by day 9 ! camp1 on !
  m>*1 9 ! tr5*es or on ! op5           
battlefield2 on :om x devolves  to en=ce
 discipl9e1 & ) :om x re/s :e!r or n    
discipl9e  means friction4 ,x is        
impossible to measure ! am\nt ( la/+    
good  :i* is wr\ght :5 ov]seas soldi]s  
associate tact & sympa?y )  home        

lead]%ip or1 on ! o!r h&1 ! mis*ief :i* 
results f  want ( p]sonal assimilation4 
,x is n by any means milit>y capacity   
alone t makes ! s\l ( an ,empire army4  
,we are all beg9n+ to "k  ea* o!r1 to   
value ea* o!r1 to make all[ances = ea*  
o!r1 to  an ext5t :i* 0 impossible be=e 
/eam]s multipli$ ! com+ &  go+ ( m51 &  
turn$ unc]ta9 & spasmodic into regul> & 
assur$  communication4 ,d\bts c be at   
once set at re/ & misappreh5sions       
promptly remov$ by ! use ( ! subm>9e    
cable4 ,moreov]1 ?is  famili>is+        
process1 & ! annihilation ( di/ance1 is 
a progressive  matt]4 ,e ye> leaves u r 
clos] to "o ano!r ?an we 7  ! ye> be=e4 
,if1 ev5 "u ^! fav\rable mod]n          
conditions1 !  p]sonal elem5t /ill plays
 a mo/ important "p1 x 0 all-important  
9 ! middle ye>s ( ! eighte5? c5tury4    
,9 ! ,sev5 ,ye>s' ,w>1 :51 9 ! words (  
,fr$]ick ! ,great1  ,engl&1 hav+ be5    
long 9 lab\r1 _h at l5g? br\ght =? a    
man1  t man1 ,william ,pitt1 set himself
 to fight ,france 9 ,am]ica1 &  s5t out 

:at 7 = ! "t comp>atively l>ge armies to
 conqu]  ,canada4 ,he call$ ^u ! ,briti%
 ,nor? ,am]ican colonies to co-op]ate  &
 raise _! levies2 & inasmu* z 8 appeal 0
 made 9 wise &  tactful t]ms1 & !       
colonies realis$ t = once ,engl& w\ld n 
leave !m 9 ! lur*1 !y1 or "s ( !m1      
answ]$ to ! call )  patriotism &        
goodwill4 ,?us regul> soldi]s f ,engl&1 
9 great]  numb]s ?an ev] be=e1 came     
among ! coloni/s1 & prov9cial  regim5ts 
7 rais$ to m>* & fight side by side ) ! 
troops (  ! l9e4 ,!n 0 se5 & felt 9 its 
fulle/ ext5t ! diff]5ce  betwe5 ! home  
,briton & 8 bro!r beyond ! seas1 at a "t
 :5  ! div]g5ce 0 mo/ pron\nc$4 ,!      
regul>s 7 v regul>1 !  ,prov9cials 7 v  
prov9cial2 f a milit>y po9t ( view ! two
  bodies ( m5 7 at opposite poles4 ,!   
,prov9cials knew no?+ (  tra9+ or       
discipl9e2 !y 7 nondescript1 tempor>y   
soldi]s (  small democracies2 !y 7 f>m]s
 enli/$ = ! campaign1 _!  t]m ( s]vice 9
 any case n exce$+ "o ye>3 few _h       
uni=ms1  "s br\ght guns ) !m1 "s _h none

 to br+3 ! (fic]s 7  9 effect *os5 by ! 
m54 ,! troops ( ! l9e1 on ! o!r h&1     
import$ into ! backwoods ( ,nor? ,am]ica
 ! /iffness & rigidity  ( ,european     
dress1 discipl9e1 & tactics 9 ! eighte5?
 c5tury1  & betwe5 ! (fic]s & soldi]s   
!re 0 a great gulf fix$1 z  betwe5 !    
ranks ( society 9 ,europe4    ,x 0 b    
natural t ^! (fic]s %\ld reg>d !        
prov9cial  soldi]y ) disda91 & t a      
correspond+ res5tm5t %\ld be felt  9 !  
prov9cial ranks4 ,"s ( ! greate/ soldi]s
 ( ! day 7  n exempt f ?is p>tisan      
feel+4 ,aft] ! disa/] to ,braddock's    
=ce 9 #agee1 ,wa%+ton1 :o _h be5 pres5t 
on ! field & :o  contra/$ ! conduct ( ! 
,virg9ians 9 ! fight ) t ( !  regul>s1  
wrote 9 ! bitt]e/ t]ms ( ! latt]4       
,wolfe1 on ! o!r  h&1 _h1 9 #ageh1 no   
words /rong en\gh to express 8 disgu/ at
 !  %ortcom+s ( ! ,am]ican soldi]s4 #8,!
 ,am]icans are 9 g5]al  ! dirtie/1 mo/  
contemptible c[>dly dogs t y c          
conceive4'  ,if ^! 7 ! views ( ! =emo/  
m5 ( ! day 9 ! colonial  levies & 9 !   

regul> army respectively1 x mu/ be      
presum$ t  ! less] m5 felt at lea/ z    
/rongly4 ,mrs4 ,grant1 ! au?oress (     
#8,memoirs ( an ,am]ican ,lady1' a book 
:i* 0 publi%$ at ,new ,york1 9  #ahji1  
speaks ( ! #8secret contempt' ) :i* #8_m
 (fic]s ju/ly  e/eem$1 possess$ (       
capacity1 le>n+1 & mu* k1 bo?  ( !      
usages ( ! _w & ! art ( w> 444 reg>d$ ! 
blunt  simplicity & pla9 appe>ance ( !  
settl]s'2 & among ! (fic]s  :o came out 
f ,engl& !re mu/ h be5 a l>ge proportion
 ^:  contempt 0 n unspok5 or unnotic$4  
,x 0 n m]ely a case ( friction betwe5 ! 
pr(essional soldi] &  ! amateur1 ! "o   
look+ d[n ^u ! o!r1 & ! o!r res5t+  !   
airs ( ! sup]ior p]son4 ,! mis*ief 0    
deep] seat$4 ,!  nor!rn colonies (      
,briti% ,am]ica 7 cradl$ 9 c5trifugal   
traditions3 a l>ge proportion ( ! fir/  
coloni/s _h come out to be  rid ( !     
,home ,gov]nm5t1 its discipl9e & its    
control4 ,puritanism  0 ! dom9ant       
religi\s & political cre$2 & !          
surr\nd+s1  except at a few t[n c5tres1 

7 ( a /]n & simple k9d4 ,among  m5 &    
wom5 born & re>$ on ^! l9es1 & into _!  
family  circles1 came regim5tal (fic]s f
 ,engl&1 _m1 if n mo/1 (  :om _h be5 br$
 9 ! ways ( fa%ionable ,engli% ,society1
 :i*1 9  ! middle ( ! eighte5? c5tury1 0
 n1 to say ! lea/ ( x1  *>act]is$ by    
high tone or scrupul\s ref9em5t4 ,!     
settl]s 9 !  ,new ,_w1 by ! m]e fact (  
_! removal out ( ! ,old ,_w into  !     
wild]ness1 _h pres]v$ = !mselves & _!   
desc5dants !  old-"t feel+ & modes (    
?\ght 9 ! ,old ,_w1 & to !m !  new leav5
 f an up-to-date ,old ,_w 0 a leav5 (   
unrighte\sness4  ,mrs4 ,grant 0 !       
daught] ( an (fic] 9 ! #ee? ,regim5t1   
,h[e's  own regim5t1 b %e _h sp5t h]    
*ildhood 9 ! ,am]ican atmosph]e1  & _h  
be5 ma9ly br\ght up 9 a ,dut* family4   
,consequ5tly %e tells  u t %e 0 #8a     
little a%am$ ( hav+ a milit>y fa!r1' &  
writes ( #8! sc>let coat1 :i* ,i _h be5 
taught to consid] z !  symbol (         
wick$ness4' ,x 0 to "s ext5t z ?\gh     
,cavali]s &  ,r\ndheads _h come to life 

aga91 & 7 jo/l+ "o ano!r1 :ile  fight+  
"u ! same flag & = ! same cause1 z a    
prelude to once  m spr++ at ea* o!r's   
?roats4    ,at ?is "t & place a man ( ! 
type ( ,"l ,h[e 0 an almo/  priceless   
asset to ! cause ( ,imp]ial ,unity--a   
cause :i* c nev]  /& /ill1 b ei!r       
decl9es or goes =w>d1 & goes =w>d only  
?r\gh intellig5t appreciation ( exi/+   
conditions & active  sympa?y ) liv+ m54 
,( high social /&+ 9 ,engl&1 &          
ackn[l$g$ milit>y reputation1 he set    
himself1 by precept & /ill  m by p]sonal
 example1 to ! "w ( assimilation4       
#8,?is gallant man1' says ! ,annual     
,regi/] = #ageh1 #8f      ! mom5t he l&$
 9 ,am]ica1 _h wisely con=m$ &      made
 8 regim5t con=m to ! k9d ( s]vice :i* !
      c\ntry requir$4 ,he did n suff]   
any "u him to encumb]      !mselves )   
sup]flu\s baggage2 he himself set !     
example      & f>$ l a common soldi]4 ,!
 fir/ to enc\nt]      dang]1 to endure  
hung]1 to support fatigue2 rigid 9 8    
discipl9e b easy 9 8 mann]s1 8 (fic]s & 

soldi]s      readily obey$ ! comm&]1    
because !y lov$ ! man4'    ,wolfe wrote 
( him z a man #8:om nature has =m$ = !  
w> ( ?is  c\ntry1' & ,mrs4 ,grant1 t he 
0 #8above ! p$antry ( hold+ up  /&>ds ( 
milit>y rules1 :]e x 0 impossible to    
en=ce !m1 &  ! n>r[ _s ( pref]r+ ! modes
 ( 8 own c\ntry to ^?  prov$ by exp]i5ce
 to suit t 9 :i* he 0 to act4' ,%e      
*ri/5s  him #8,?is "y ,lycurgus ( !     
camp4'    ,"u ,h[e ev]y?+ 0 lit]ally cut
 d[n to meet ! exig5cies (  ,am]ican    
w>f>e4 ,gold & sc>let 0 laid aside3     
baggage 0 r$uc$ to  a m9imum3 ! muskets 
7 %ort5$3 _! b>rels 7 d>k5$3 !  skirts (
 ! long regim5tal coats 7 cut (f3       
,indian legg+s 7  br\ght into use4      
,wolfe writes 9 ,may #ageh1 #8,our      
clo!s1 our arms1 our  acc\trem5ts1 nay  
ev5 our %oes & /ock+s are all improp] = 
?is  c\ntry4 ,"l ,h[e is s well conv9c$ 
( x t he has tak5 away all  ! m5's      
bree*es4' ,a ,fr5* writ] tells u t !    
(fic]s & m5  7 only all[$ "o %irt       
apiece4 #8,"l ,h4 set ! example1 by     

himself  wa%+ 8 own dirty %irt1 & dry+ x
 9 ! sun1 :ile he 9 !  meantime wore    
no?+ b 8 coat4' ,& "h is ! unk9de/ cut (
  all--9 ,mrs4 ,grant's words3          
#8,! greate/ privation to ! "y & va9 yet
 rema9$4      ,hair well dress$1 & 9    
great quantity1 0 !n consid]$      z !  
greate/ possible ornam5t1 :i* ^? :o _h x
 took      ! utmo/ c>e to display to    
advantage1 & to we> 9 a bag      or     
queue1 :i*ev] !y fanci$4 ,"l ,h[e's 0   
f9e & v      abundant2 he1 h[ev]1 cropp$
 x & ord]$ e "o else to      d ! same4' 
,9 all ?+s ! comm&] set ! example3 he   
nev] ask$ 8 (fic]s  or m5 to d any?+ or 
to give up any?+ :i* he did n d or give 
up himself4 ,?us 8 regim5t ( regul>s 0  
set 9 ord] = backwood  fight+ &1 :at 0  
m1 x 0 attun$ to ! ways ( ! l& &  ( ! p 
( ! l&4 #8,!y 7 ev] aft] consid]$ z an  
example  to ! :ole ,am]ican ,army4'     
,mrs4 ,grant tells a /ory1 :i* ,francis 
,p>kman has repeat$ 9 8  delightful     
#8,montcalm & ,wolfe1' ( ,"l ,h[e giv+ a
 d9n] to 8  (fic]s 9 8 t5t4 ,! furniture

 consi/$ ( logs ( wood &  be>sk9s1 #8&  
pres5tly ! s]vants set d[n a l>ge di% ( 
pork  & pease4' ,h[e pull$ a %ea? ) a   
knife & =k 9 x out ( 8  pocket1 &       
proce$$ to c>ve ! meat4 ,! (fic]s #8sat 
9 a k9d  ( awkw>d susp5se' = want (     
knives & =ks1 until ,h[e1 aft]  express+
 surprise t !y did n possess #8portable 
implem5ts'  ( ! k9d1 #8f9ally reliev$ !m
 f _! emb>rassm5t1 by  di/ribut+ to ea* 
a case ! same z 8 own1 :i* he _h provid$
  = t purpose4' ,! real po9t ( ! /ory is
 t1 if ,h[e _h be5  an ord9>y man1 8    
d9n] w\ld probably h be5 res5t$ by !    
(fic]s z an imp]t95t practical joke4 ,b 
he 0 n an ord9>y  man2 among 8 (fic]s & 
soldi]s he 0 l ,k+ ,david3 #8,:atsoev]  
! k+ did pleas$ all ! p4'    ,albany 9  
,new ,york ,/ate 0 always ! base =      
exp$itions aga9/  ,canada1 by ! c5tral  
r\te1 :i* lay along ! l9e ( wat]        
communication4 ,9 w> "t ?r\gh ,albany   
regim5ts came & w5t1 &  9 & ar\nd x !y  
congregat$ & encamp$4 ,albany 0         
pre-em95tly  a c5tre = ! old ,new ,york 

families ( ,dut* desc5t4 ,on ! upp]     
wat]s ( ! ,hudson & ! l[] rea*es ( !    
,mohawk ,riv]1 :i*  jo9s ! ,hudson a    
little above ,albany1 7 ! e/ates ( !    
#8patroons' ( ! ,dut* rgime1 & "h _!    
desc5dants liv$ &  ?riv$4 ,mrs4 ,grant1 
9 h] ,memoirs1 tells ( ! lives &        
surr\nd+s  ( "o ( ! =emo/ ( ^! families1
 ! ,s*uyl]s1 ^: homes 7  9 ,albany & to 
! nor? ( x 9 ! di/rict kn[n z #8,!      
,flats4' ,9  h] book an old ,mrs4       
,s*uyl] 7#8,aunt ,s*uyl]'7 is ! c5tral  
figure1  z %e 0 9 ! ye> #ageh ! c5tral  
figure ( ! ,s*uyl] clan4  ,! book tells 
( ,"l ,h[e's intimacy ) ! family1 ?\gh  
he nev]  took up 8 qu>t]s ) !m1 = he    
#8always lay 9 8 t5t ) !  regim5t :i* he
 comm&$'2 h[ ! old lady lov$ him almo/ z
 a son1  h[ sadly & affectionately %e   
sp$ him on 8 la/ advance1 & h]  grief :5
 ! news came t he 0 kill$4 #8,aunt      
,s*uyl] 444 _h !  utmo/ e/eem = him1 & !
 greate/ hope t he w\ld at "s future    
p]iod r$ress all ^? evils t _h =m]ly    
imp$$ ! s]vice2  & p]haps plant !       

,briti% /&>d on ! walls ( ,quebec4' ,we 
h  drawn = u ! contra/ betwe5 ! good &  
bad type ( (fic]1  ! g5tleman & ! bully1
 ?\gh bo? may be effici5t fight+  m54   
,return+ to 8 fri5ds on "o occasion1    
,h[e f\nd to 8 great  indignation t 9 8 
abs5ce ,capta9 ,*>les ,lee _h come ?r\gh
  &1 #8z if he 7 9 a conqu]$ c\ntry1'   
comm&e]$ ! loyal  old lady's /ock &     
prop]ty1 )\t hav+ ! necess>y w>rants  = 
8 high-h&$ proce$+s4 ,lee's next visit 0
 aft] ! fight  at ,ticond]oga1 :5 he 0  
br\ght back a w\nd$ man to be nurs$ by  
^? :om he _h br[beat5 & robb$4 ,he 0 a  
k+'s (fic]2 b  x is difficult to d$uce f
 8 case ! moral t conduct su* z  8      
br\ght on ! ,revolution1 see+ t he      
became a g5]al 9 !  ,revolution>y army1 
( great ?\gh some:at dubi\s reputation4 
,9 #ageg & #ageh ,"l ,h[e 0 w9n+ ! love 
& e/eem ( all  :o came into contact )   
him 9 ,am]ica4 ,9 #agei ! ,assembly (   
,massa*usetts vot$ ! monum5t to 8       
memory4 ,9 #agfe ! m5 ( ,bo/on  7 riot+ 
aga9/ ! ,/amp ,act1 & 9 #aggc ?r[+      

c>goes ( tea  into ,bo/on h>b\r4 ,9     
#agge came op5 w> ) ! ,"m ,c\ntry &  !  
fight ( ,bunk] ,hill4 ,at ,bunk] ,hill  
h>de/ ( h>d fight]s among  ! ,am]icans 0
 ,israel ,putnam3 he _h be5 by ,h[e's   
side :5 !  latt] 0 kill$4 ,! night be=e 
8 dea? ,h[e _h be5 9 company  ) ,john   
,/>k1 not$ among ! ,new ,hamp%ire       
,rang]s :o foll[$  ,rob]t ,rog]s4 ,x 0  
,/>k :o1 9 #aggg1 plann$ & won ! fight  
at  ,b5n+ton1 :i* 0 ! beg9n+ ( ! end (  
,burgoyne's army4 ,a  "y memb] ( !      
,s*uyl] gr\p1 :o _h tak5 ,h[e to _!     
he>ts1  0 ,philip ,s*uyl]1 aft]w>ds "o (
 ! be/ kn[n & mo/ tru/$  ( !            
,revolution>y lead]s4 ,probably ,engl& &
 ,am]ica _h drift$  too f> ap>t at ! "t 
( ! ,sev5 ,ye>s' ,w> = any human        
influ5ce  to br+ !m :olly into l9e aga94
 ,yet1 _h ,h[es be5 multipli$ &  ,engli%
 /atesm5 & comm&]s be5 modell$ on 8     
l9es1 ! p>t+  might well h be5 po/pon$ &
 be5 less bitt] :5 x came4 ,he  /&s out 
9 hi/ory z "o :o 9 8 day did all t man  
c\ld d  to br+ ! ,colonies & ! ,"m      

,c\ntry clos] toge!r2 & he is  a type ( 
! ,engli%m5 :o are /ill want$ to-day1 & 
:o happily  are n want+1 z %[n by ! love
 & confid5ce borne t[>ds ,sir  ,william 
,birdwood by ! spl5did fight+ m5 f !    
,s\!rn ,seas1  :om he l$ to less & yet  
to m ?an victory4    ,j ov] a ye> f !   
date ( ,"l ,h[e's dea? & ,ab]cromby's   
repulse at ,ticond]oga1 a mu* abl] g5]al
 ?an ,ab]cromby1 ,jeffrey  ,amh]/1 m>*$ 
once m aga9/ ! =t4 ,! ,fr5* ab&on$  _!  
entr5*m5ts 9 front ( x1 ( :i* ,amh]/    
promptly took  possession2 & a re>gu>d1 
left to hold ! =t itself1 aft] two  or  
?ree days' artill]y fire1 blew x up &   
left ! ru9s to be  occupi$ by ,amh]/'s  
army4 ,z ! dea? ( ,"l ,h[e _h imm$iately
  prec$$ ,ab]cromby's attack1 s a day   
be=e ! second ent]prise end$            
successfully1 ano!r (fic]1 well kn[n 9 !
 army & 9 ,engli%  ,society1 ?\gh n     
comp>able ) ,"l ,h[e1 0 kill$4 ,an entry
 9  ,knox's ,hi/orical ,j\rnal runs3    
#8,! ,hon\rable ,colonel ,t[n%5d 0      
pick$ (f to-day 9 ! tr5*es by a cannon  

%ot2 he is v des]v$ly  lam5t$ by !      
,g5]al & ! army'2 a lat] entry m5tions t
 8  body 0 tak5 to ,albany = burial4 ,on
 ! s\? side ( ! nave (  ,we/m9/] ,abbey1
 mu* f>!r up t[>ds ! ,*ancel ?an ! place
  :]e ! monum5t to ,"l ,h[e /&s1 w be   
f\nd a monum5t--        #8erect$ by a   
disconsolate p>5t1 ,! ,lady ,visc\ntess 
,t[n%5d1 to ! memory ( h] fif? son1 ,!  
,honble4      ,lt4-,colonel ,rog]       
,t[n%5d1 :o 0 kill$ by a cannon ball on 
! #be? ( ,july #agei 9 ! #bh? ye> ( 8   
age1 z he 0      reconnoitr+ ! ,fr5*    
l9es at ,ticond]agoe 9 ,nor? ,am]ica    
444 ?o' premature 8 dea?1 8 life 0      
glori\s1 enroll+      him ) ! names ( ^?
 immortal /atesm5 & comm&]s      ^:     
wisdom & intrepidity 9 ! cause ( ?is    
compreh5sive      & successful w> h     
ext5d$ ! comm]ce1 enl>g$ !              
,dom9ion1 & upheld ! ,maje/y ( ^!       
,k+doms beyond !      idea ( any =m]    
age4'    ,! monum5t is an elaborate "o1 
& ! eulogy is obvi\sly  exagg]at$4      
,horace ,walpole w\ld evid5tly h _h x   

o!rwise4 ,9  8 #8,%ort ,notes ( ,my     
,life' he tells u1 #8,i gave my ,lady   
,t[n%5d  an epitaph & design = a tomb = 
h] y\nge/ son1 kill$ at  ,ticond]oga2   
nei!r 0 us$4' ,he also gives u to und]/&
 t !  "m 0 n s disconsolate z ! monum5t 
ass]ts3        #8,my ,lady ,t[n%5d1 :o  
has n le>n+ en\gh to copy a      ,sp>tan
 "m1 has lo/ h] y\nge/ son4 ,i saw h]   
?is      morn+--h] affectation is on    
t'o!r side2 %e affects      grief--b n s
 mu* = ! son %e has lo/1 z = t'o!r      
t %e may lose4'    ,& aga91 #8,poor     
,rog]1 = :om %e is n conc]n$1 has giv5  
h] a  h9t t h] h]o ,george may be mortal
 too4' ,:atev] may h be5 !  "m's        
pref]5ces1 ! two bro!rs lov$ ea* o!r    
de>ly4 ,a few  weeks be=e he 0 kill$1   
,rog] ,t[n%5d wrote to ,george ,t[n%5d's
  wife to tell h] ( h] husb&'s safe     
arrival at ,halifax f ,engl& 9  ! be/ ( 
heal?1 & h[ he _h s5t him supplies (    
fre% vegetables  to make up = ! long    
sea-voyage4 ,! lett] cont9ues3          
#8,my op9ion ( ,g5]al ,amh]/ z an hone/ 

good man1 & my      atta*m5t to him z a 
soldi] ,i ?\ght w\ld nev] all[ me       
to wi% t ,i might s]ve "u any o!r p]son 
9 ,am]ica1      b ! tie ( bro!r & fri5d 
unit$ is too p[]ful1 & ,i      confess  
no?+ ev] gave me m real conc]n ?an n be+
      employ$ on ! same exp$ition4'     
,9 turn we h ,george ,t[n%5d writ+ sadly
 be=e ! fall ( ,quebec  ( ! news ( 8    
bro!r's dea?2 & aft] ,quebec _h fall51  
on !  eve ( 8 return to ,engl&1 he      
writes to ,amh]/3        #8,i he> ,i h  
got ,b>r+ton's regim5t4 ,alas1 :at a    
,b\quet      ?is _h be5 a ye> or two    
h5ce = poor ,rog]4 ,i assure      y ,i  
return ?or\ghly w\nd$ f ,am]ica4 ,i lov$
 him      s9c]ely4'    ,george ,t[n%5d1 
! elde/ son1 :om ,walpole cle>ly did n  
love1 0  ,wolfe's well-kn[n brigadi]1 to
 :om ,quebec capitulat$1 & ar\nd :om  s 
mu* controv]sy ga!r$4 ,he end$ z a      
,m>quess & a ,field-,m>%al1  & !re is no
 reason to d\bt t he 0 a compet5t       
soldi]4 ,s  also evid5tly 0 ! y\ng]     
bro!r4 ,amh]/ appo9t$ him to be  "o ( ! 

two ,deputy ,adjutant-,g5]als ( 8 army1 
8 own bro!r1  ,colonel ,amh]/1 be+ !    
o!r4 ,we read ( him 9 connection ) !    
tra9+ ( ! ,prov9cial regim5ts1 & z      
comm&+ a deta*m5t (  ,rang]s s5t to     
reconnoitre along ,lake ,george4 ,amh]/ 
wrote to ,wolfe  t he _h int5d$ to s5d  
him home ) dispat*es aft] ! fall  (     
,ticond]oga1 t 8 loss #8m>r$ ! enjoym5t 
,i %\ld o!rwise  h _h 9 ! r$uction ( !  
place4' ,we may set him d[n z "o (  !   
might-h-be5s1 & ,dean ,/anley w\ld      
presumably h class$ him  z !            
unsuccessful bro!r4 ,if he _h m>k$      
milit>y ability1 x has  assur$ly rema9$ 
9 ! family2 = ^? :o read ! epitaph ^u 8 
monum5t 9 ,we/m9/] ,abbey1 ) its ref]5ce
 to a compreh5sive w>  & uphold+ !      
maje/y ( ^! k+doms1 w c>ry _! ?\ghts    
across ! seas f ,nor? ,am]ica to        
,mesopotamia1 f ,ticond]oga to  ,kut4#a 
,,footnotes    #a ,all :o are int]e/$ 9 
! p]sonalities ( ! ,sev5 ,ye>s' ,w>1  z 
f> z ,nor? ,am]ica 0 conc]n$1 owe a deep
 debt ( gratitude to  ,dr4 ,d\ghty1 !   

,gov]nm5t ,ar*ivi/ ( ! ,dom9ion (       
,canada1 = !  imm5se am\nt ( mat]ial :i*
 he has collect$ & made accessible 9    
#8,! ,siege ( ,quebec' 7,d\ghty &       
,p>melee71 & 9 8 edition1 = !  ,*ampla9 
,society1 ( ,knox's ,hi/orical ,j\rnal4 
,,! ,,old ,,contemptibles3 ,,! ,,fir/   
,,*ri/mas4    ,,by ,,boyd ,,cable4      
,! ,divisional ,ammunition & ,supply    
,column _h done a long m>* on  !        
,*ri/mas ,eve4 ,x 0 n s mu* t ! di/ance 
0 long 9  measur$ kilometres1 b f a po9t
 ( "t1 ( dragg+ we>9ess1  ( bad roads1 (
 cold & wet & discom=t x 0 prolong$ to a
  he>t-break+ l5g?4    ,! column _h tak5
 ! road at daybreak1 & ?is meant t ! m5 
_h to be on p>ade a full qu>t]-h\r be=e1
 _h to turn out ( _!  uncom=table       
billets & sleep+-places an h\r & a half 
be=e !  "t to p>ade4 ,9 t "t !y _h to   
pack _! kits 7a quick en\gh  & simple   
job1 to be sure71 put on _! wet boots1  
wat] & fe$  _! horses1 eat a            
biscuit-&-*eese breakfa/1 scramble = a  
#8lick  & a promise' sort ( wa%1 h>ness 

up _! teams1 pack picket+ ge>  & odd    
/ores on ! wagons & %eet !m ov]1 h      
!mselves &  ev]y?+ belong+ to !m pack$ &
 h>ness$ & /&+ ready to  turn out       
promptly to ! %\t ( #8,hook 94' ,!y 7   
all ready1 &  ) a nicely-tim$ h&ful (   
seconds to sp>e1 :5 ! ^w came1  because 
! practice t makes p]fect _h be5 _!     
regul> r\t9e  = a good _m mon?s pa/1 &  
!re _h be5 pl5ty ( times :5  !y _h be5  
oblig$ to d ! same r\t9e 9 v mu* less   
?an ?is  pres5t leisur$ h\r & a half4   
,x 0 ra9+ :5 ! wagons turn$ out1 =m$ up 
on ! road1 &1  dropp+ into place unit by
 unit1 roll$ /eadily (f on ! m>*4  ,!   
ra9 0 tak5 q philosophically & z a matt]
 ( c\rse1 z  inde$ x _h come to be by n[
 & any "t = a mon? pa/4 ,!re  7 a good  
_m ev5 by !n :o _h wond]$ :]e all ! ra9 
c\ld  come f1 & held a firm op9ion t x  
mu/ cease v soon1 on !  reasonable      
assumption t no ra9 supply is           
inexhau/ible & t !  pa/ mon? mu/ h      
#8pretty well empti$ ! wat]+-pot4' ,!y 7
  to le>n = ano!r solid ?ree mon?s almo/

 )\t a break :at !  ,fl&]s wat]+-pot c  
supply :5 x really sets ab\t ! job 9    
e>ne/1 & x 0 to come to be a /&+ joke & 
boa/ ( ! fir/  ,exp$ition>ies t y c\ld  
always tell "o ( ! m5 :o w5t  ?r\gh t   
fir/ w9t] 9 ,france because an          
exam9ation ( 8 toes  w\ld %[ him to be  
web-foot$4    ,b at ! end ( ,decemb] !  
wet _h n be5 accept$ z su* a  p]man5t   
feature ( life z x 0 to become1 & !re 7 
pl5ty (  m5 9 ! column :o1 z !y m>*$ out
 t ,*ri/mas ,eve1 look$  up at ! sky &  
r\nd ! grey horizon & tri$ to f9d1 or   
p]suade  !mselves & ea* o!r !y c\ld see1
 a spot :]e x 0 #8lift+4'  ,b x did n   
lift1 & be=e long ! m5's damp clo!s1    
half dri$  by body heat 9 sleep+ 9 !m1  
_h become soak$ & saturat$ ?r\gh  aga94 
,x 0 cold too1 & f+]s gripp$ ab\t ! wet 
re9s ( _!  pairs ( horses grew numb$ &  
/iff1 7 p]iodically reviv$ )  mu* bl[+ (
 w>m brea?--! only item ( w>m? left ab\t
 a man--into  cupp$ h&s1 & arm beat+ &  
flapp+4 ,! roads 7 heavy1 rutt$  & in*es
 deep 9 /iff mud1 flood$ 9 p>ts by !    

ov]fl[ f  brimm+-ov] dit*es4    ,! m>* 0
 bad en\gh 9 its e>ly /ages2 x became   
acute 9 its  discom=t z ! day wore on1 &
 m5 & horses grew tir$ & m  tir$4 ,by f>
 ! wor/ feature 0 ! con/ant s]ies (     
halts4 ,!  road tak5 by ! column 0 fill$
 = miles ) a sl[-crawl+ &  pack$        
procession ( horses & wagons4 ,!        
slighte/ *eck at ! head  ( ! procession 
meant a /op to all ! re/1 & because ea* 
wagon  took a fraction ( "t long] ?an ! 
"o ahead to see its pr$ecessor  />t$ &  
to get "u way itself1 :at to a wagon 9 !
 front ranks  0 no m ?an a sl[+ to avoid
 runn+ into ! wagon ahead 0  easily     
translat$ a few teams back into a       
pull-up & imm$iate move on1  & fur!r    
back ! l9e to a long] & long] int]val ( 
halt4 ,s  t 9 ! middle & re> ( ! l9e !re
 7 frequ5t halts ( a  m9ute1 two1 ?ree1 
& up to t5 m9utes4 ,& if a wagon driv+  
?r\gh  an extra s(t portion ( road 0    
caught & held beyond ! imm$iate  /r5g? (
 ! tir$ team to pull out1 ! halt might  
sp9 out into  any?+ up to fifte5 m9utes4

 ,sev]al times dur+ ! day !re 7         
h\r-long halts at cross- or =k-roads1   
:ile cross /reams ( traffic  pass$ cle> 
or ent]+ /reams 7 %uffl$ 94 ,t[>ds      
mid-day  exasp]at$ (fic]s /rove to avail
 !mselves ( ! frequ5t halts to  wat] &  
fe$4 ,buckets w\ld be unhook$ f _!      
places "u !  wagons1 & ! driv]s1 lean+  
out & scoop+ ! wat] up f !  dit*es1 w\ld
 p]haps get s f> 9 ! wat]+ p]=mance :5  
!re  w\ld be a hurri$ ord] to #8,get    
m\nt$1' ! buckets w\ld be empti$1  !    
driv]s hurri$ly rem\nt & move on        
aga9--to halt aga9 p]haps  )9 a hundr$  
y>ds4 ,no (fic] d>e halt or hold 8      
section ( !  column to complete 8 wat]+ 
& fe$+ because ! ord]s 7  imp]ative to  
press on & avoid halt+ ! :ole4 ,a halt  
to fe$ 0  actually made ab\t #b ,p4,m4  
:5 x 0 pla9 t !re 0 no hope (  gett+ !  
column 91 z _h be5 int5d$1 by ! e>ly    
aft]noon2 b  ! halt 0 s %ort t !re c\ld 
be no attempt to cook food or make  a   
hot dr9k = ! m54 ,!y ate cold bully beef
 & biscuit :ile !  horses f$1 & f9i%$ _!

 meal 9 ! saddle :5 ! horses mov$  aga94
    ,dur+ ! aft]noon x grew /eadily     
cold]1 & ! ra9 drizzl$ on  )\t ceas+4 ,!
 road ran p>allel n[ ) ! fir+ l9e1 &  z 
! d>kness fell ! horizon 0 lit          
cont9ually ) ris+ &  fall+ belts ( light
 f ! tr5* fl>es1 :ile ! guns fla%$      
quick leap+ & vani%+ gu/s ( vivid light1
 roll$ & grumbl$  & ro>$ incessantly4 ,!
 rattle & splutt] ( rifle fire swell$ to
  :at "o might h ?\ght an al>m+ ne>ness 
:5 ! road twi/$  9 t[>ds ! fir+ l9e1 or 
a fall+ away ( ! gr\nd or *ange 9  ! w9d
 all[$ ! s\nd to c>ry bett]1 dropp$ away
 aga9 to no m  ?an a di/ant crackle z a 
belt ( wood %ut x (f or ! road ran wide 
out f ! battle l9e4    ,b ( all ^! ?+s !
 m5 on ! road 7 he$less4 ,!y 7  conc]n$ 
only ) ! sl[ness ( ! j\rney1 ! wi% = x  
to  end1 ! approa* ( d>k long be=e x    
c\ld be complet$4 ,! column  c>ri$ no   
lights1 & z ! night %ut d[n ! road "u ! 
horses'  feet became almo/ invisible to 
! eyes ( ! driv]s sitt+ on _!  horses or
 box seats4 ,ea* lead driv] _h to be    

cont5t to foll[ close  on ! tracks ( !  
wagon 9 front ( him1 to hold 8 tir$     
horses up  :5 !y /umbl$1 to halt !m     
quickly :5 ! wagon ahead halt$1 to  move
 !m on aga9 in/antly on ! o!r vehicle   
/>t+4 ,e man  kept 8 eyes c>efully away 
f ! danc+ lights on ! horizon1  because 
wat*+ !m = a few seconds meant a        
tempor>y total bl9dness  & ! vani%+ ( ! 
road b5ea? !m :5 !y came to look d[n1  &
 ?is driv+ 9 ! d>k 0 q bad en\gh )\t t4 
,! inevitable happ5$ at la/4 ,a team    
driv5 too close to ! road-side  br\ght  
its wagon :eels )9 a foot ( ! dit*1 j at
 a "p1  un=tunately1 :]e ! road-edge    
slop$ %>ply to ! /eep side (  ! dit*4 ,!
 #8long-re9 driv]' p]*$ on ! box call$ a
 %>p ^w  ( w>n+ & swung 8 :eel]s to !   
left1 felt ! wagon b5ea?  him skid      
sideways1 lur* sudd5ly1 s9k %>ply #8by !
 /]n' & halt  abruptly4 ,! driv] ( !    
next team saw :at _h happ5$1 %\t$ to  ! 
o!r driv]s beh9d him1 wr5*$ 8 horses'   
heads cle> ( !  bogg$ wagon & tri$ to   
pull up4 ,b ! horses1 j]k$ f _!  sleepy 

plodd+1 sw]v$1 plung$1 sli!r$ wildly on 
! wet road2  ! wagon :eels1 gripp$ fa/  
by ! %>p ?ru/ ( ! brake1 fail$  to bite 
on ! slipp]y surface1 skidd$ =w>d1 butt$
 ! :eel]s  heavily1 slew$1 sli!r$ aga9 &
 br\ght up ) a spl9t]+ j>  & a re> :eel 
fa/ lock$ 9 ! :eel ( ! bogg$ wagon4 ,!  
ne>  :eel] ( ! second team1 fl\nd]+ &   
spla%+ & scrambl+  wildly = foo?old1    
caught ! bump ( ! wagon1 fell1 & slid   
:olesale into ! dit*4 ,! road 0         
completely & effectually block$4    ,n[ 
! dit*es 9 ?is "p ( ,fl&]s are any?+ f  
ab\t ?ree  to six feet deep1 & _! sides 
are cut d[n z /raight & smoo?  z a wall2
 9 w9t] !y are full to ! brim ) ice-cold
 wat]1 &  _! bottom is an unplumb$ dep? 
( mud ( ! consi/5cy ( molasses  & !     
t5acity ( fi% glue4 ,f all ( :i* y w    
und]/&  & appreciate ! difficulty (     
rescu+ ! trapp$ wagon & horse1  al?\gh y
 w nev]1 unless y h exp]i5c$ x1 und]/&  
! wetness1 ! cold1 ! exasp]at+ /upidity 
( ! horse1 !  monum5tal bulk & weight & 
! passive resi/ance ( a wet &           

mud-pla/]$ wagon1 ! bitt] unpleasantness
 ( ! :ole job4    ,actually1 al?\gh ?is 
may appe> surpris+1 ! salv+ ( ! horse  0
 a great] difficulty ?an ! re/oration ( 
! wagon to ! road4  ,! wagon _h to be   
unload$1 x is true1 b aft] t a plank    
pu%$  slop+ d[n "u ! :eel1 a sw>m ( m5  
clu/]+ & clut*+ on  ! :eels & tail+ on a
 c\ple ( drag-ropes1 br\ght ! conc]n out
  ) a ru%4 ,!n ! team 0 hook$ 9 aga9 & !
 wagon roll$ (f1  & ) a *orus ( cries1 (
 scuffl+ ho(s1 ( gr9d+ :eels1 !  column 
halt$ beh9d ! /all$ wagons came to life 
& rumbl$ on _!  way4 ,! horse made a    
long] & m temp]-rais+ job4 ,driv] ,jim  
,ruff1 ( ! ,a4,s4,c41 _h always _h an   
inord9ate pride 9 8 :eel]s1  a lik+ = !m
 t 9 connection ) a human w\ld h be5    
call$  love1 a belief 9 _! intellig5ce t
 0 beyond d\bt4 ,b t  night 8 pride _h a
 muddy fall1 8 love a cool+ (f into     
annoyance1  8 belief a /agg]+ bl[4      
#8,golly1' ! dit*$ ne>-:eel]1  display$ 
a /upidity t1 z ,driv] ,ruff assur$ h]1 
w\ld h  disgrac$ #8a mongrel mule1' an  

indiff]5ce to help+ h]self1 &  a calm   
resignation & acceptance ( h] fate t    
respectively1 &  aga9 9 ! words ( ,driv]
 ,ruff1 #80 m l a oy/] ?an a 'orse'  &  
#8might d = a bloom9' padre1 b wasn't no
 use 9 ! ,a4,s4,c4'  ,driv] ,ruff1 at ! 
fir/ cra% ( cata/rophe1 _h flung d[n (f 
8  p]* & 0 r\nd at 8 :eel]s' heads 9 a  
fla%1 unhook+ #8,wog1'  ly+ quietly on 8
 side 9 ! road & wait+ = assi/ance &    
in/ructions1 & adjur+ ! /ruggl+         
#8,golly' to keep quiet an' n  make a   
fool ( h]self4 #8,golly' took ! advice s
 completely t1  hav+ quiet5$1 %e        
refus$--al?\gh ! mud clamp$ ab\t h] legs
  may h _h some?+ to d ) x--to move a   
limb !reaft]4 ,at fir/  ,ruff & ! o!r   
driv]s call$ to assi/ tri$ to p]suade h]
 to  get h] =e-feet on ! bank1 !n by    
pass+ a drag-rope r\nd h]  =e-legs tri$ 
to pull !m f "u h] & up on to firm      
gr\nd4 ,!  only result 0 to upset h]    
balance & set h] sl[ly s9k+ sideways    
until h] body 0 completely cov]$ & only 
h] neck & head 7  above wat]4 ,x began  

to look z if ! horse mu/ dr[n 9 a f\r-  
or  five-foot dit*4    ,meantime ! wagon
 0 man-h&l$ along & into ! side ( ! road
  & ! /ream ( vehicles resum$ _!        
int]rupt$ m>*1 rumbl+ pa/  a busy rescue
 p>ty gr\p$ at ! dit*-side1 work+ 9 !   
light ( a  c\ple ( lant]ns ) picks &    
spades & drag-ropes1 to extricate !     
sunk5 #8,golly4' ,at la/ a %elv+ cut 0  
made 9 ! bank ( ! dit*1  & ,driv] ,ruff1
 already ?ree p>ts soak$ ) spla%+s &    
fumbl+s  to fix a rope correctly ab\t 8 
horse1 complet$ ! job & !  soak+ by     
plung+ boldly into ! dit* & pass+ a     
c\ple ( ropes  "u ! m>e's body4 ,a /r+ (
 m5 tail$ on to ! ropes1 & at !  ^w f an
 ,a4,s4,c4 (fic] :o _h tak5 *>ge ( !    
proce$+s ?rew  _! weight into a regul>  
tug-(-w> heave1 & haul$ ! animal out    
bodily on to ! %elv+ bank1 up x1 & on to
 ! road4    ,x 0 aft] t5 o'clock be=e ! 
:eel]s 7 hook$ 9 & !  wagon swung into !
 traffic procession1 ) ,driv] ,ruff     
soak$ &  %iv]+ on ! box4 ,9 t5 m9utes he
 _h to pull up aga9 = ano!r  block      

some:]e 9 ! d>kness ahead4 ,he climb$   
d[n & /amp$ to  & fro = full ?irty      
m9utes4 ,!n he w5t & rummag$ out a c\ple
  ( box-lids he _h be5 sav+ 9 8 wagon = 
firewood1 &1 always  keep+ a w>y e>     
turn$ to ! road = ! s\nd ( call+s &     
crun*+ :eels t w\ld tell him ! transport
 0 on ! move aga91  jump$ ! dit*1 hunt$ 
9 ! d>kness ( a pat* ( wood1 & manag$   
to collect a small armful ( twigs &     
bran*es4 ,he split 8 dry wood1  built x 
up & lit x1 8 f+]s s numb$ & %ak+ t he  
c\ld  sc>cely fumble out a mat*4 ,"u !  
%elt] ( 8 cap--x 0 /ill  drizzl+ f9e    
ra9--he manag$ to get a brisk flame go+1
 & :5 he  _h x burn+ /rong & bright pil$
 8 twigs & bran*es on x4 ,!  wood hiss$ 
& sputt]$1 b caught at la/1 & tongues ( 
flame began  to crackle up1 ?r[+ a      
*e]ful radiance on ! wet faces & =ms (  
! m5 :o quickly cr[d$ r\nd & a mo/      
grateful gl[ ( life-giv+  w>m? on ,driv]
 ,ruff1 cr\*$ ) *att]+ tee? & blue lips 
close  ov] ! blaze4 ,b be=e ! fire _h   
ev5 completely caught !re  came a di/ant

 %\t1 repeat$ along & d[n ! l9e1 #8,get 
m\nt$--get  m\nt$1' & ! s\nd1 f> (f at  
fir/ b rapidly com+ ne>] &  ne>]1 (     
tramp+ ho(-beats1 scrun*+ :eels1 & !    
rumble (  mov+ wagons4 ,! m5 ab\t ! fire
 scatt]$ & ran to _! horses1  & ,ruff _h
 no *oice b to leave 8 preci\s fire &   
run ) !m4  ,! procession />t$1 wagon    
aft] wagon--& )9 two hundr$ y>ds  halt$ 
aga94 ,! disgu/$ ,ruff _h !             
mortification ( see+ 8  fire blaz+ up   
/rongly & *e]fully & imm$iately surr\nd$
 by a  fre% cr[d ( ! ne>e/ m54 ,x 0 too 
f> to g back1 s9ce ! move  might come   
aga9 any m9ute1 & anyh[ ,ruff guess$ !  
difficulty he  w\ld h 9 =c+ a way to !  
front ( ! d5se r+ ab\t 8 own  fire4 ,he 
tri$ to wrap 8 wet coat clos] ab\t him1 
& sat huddl$ &  %iv]+ on 8 seat = ano!r 
half-h\r be=e ! way 0 cle> &  ! wagons  
crawl$ on aga94    ,x 0 ne>ly midnight  
:5 he dragg$ we>ily into camp4 ,he took 
8  horses' bits out1 slack$ _! gir?s1   
gave !m g5]\s fe$s1 &  :5 _! nosebags 7 
empty hung a net full ( hay to ! po9t ( 

! wagon-pole1 & !n w5t to ! cook-h\se1  
:]e he 0 giv5 a  mess-t9 ( s\p & meat & 
a mug ( hot tea4 ,^! ?+s f9i%$ to  ! la/
 bite & drop1 he1 by special & graci\s  
fav\r ( ! cook1  took (f 8 soak+ boots &
 hung 8 wet jacket be=e ! emb]s (  !    
fire1 sat himself beside x1 & dropp$    
in/antly into deep sleep4  ,?is1 be x   
not$1 0 ! only sleep he _h be5 able to h
 = "s  ?irty-six h\rs4 ,! night be=e !  
column m>*$ he _h be5 out  ) 8 wagon    
draw+ rations f #8,refill+ ,po9t1' _h   
be5 f  #f ,p4,m4 on ! road1 wait+ 8 turn
 = load+1 mov+ up a wagon's  l5g? at a  
"t to ! load+-place1 :]e1 "u ! light ( a
 c\ple  ( lant]ns1 m5 7 hack+ up *eeses1
 dismemb]+ sides ( bacon1  trundl+ out  
boxes ( bully & biscuits & t9s ( tea &  
sug>4  ,driv] ,ruff _h pull$ out z soon 
z 8 wagon 0 load$1 wait$ =  ! o!rs to   
complete _! load+1 mov$ on to rejo9 8   
unit )  !m4 ,delays & *ecks on a road   
already1 ev5 at t e>ly h\r1 a/ir  )     
traffic1 _h prev5t$ _! rea*+ !          
camp+-gr\nd until  ab\t a c\ple ( h\rs  

be=e ! h\r fix$ to turn out on ! m>*1  &
 t brief "t _h be5 fully occupi$ by     
,ruff1 fir/ 9 wat]+  & fe$+ & rubb+ d[n 
8 horses1 & !n 9 gett+ 8 own  breakfa/1 
pack+ 8 kit = ! road1 & h>ness+ up aga94
    ,n[1 z may be imag9$1 he slept      
heavily1 sitt+ huddl$ ov] !  half-dead  
fire1 on ?is 8 second night out ( b$1   
aft] a day (  we>y+ & /r5u\s "w--& 9    
case t be n prop]ly und]/ood  x may be  
rem>k$ t sitt+ on ! h>d wood5 seat ( a  
jolt+  wagon1 bump+ & j>r+ ov] a r\gh   
road1 hold+ a pair ( #8heavy  draught'  
horses & /e]+ !m ) a con/antly ne$$ c>e1
 haul+  !m up e few m9utes1 all ^! ?+s  
are actually tir+ h>d  physical "w4     
,b he only slept = half an h\r4 ,at !   
end ( t "t he 0 %ak5  r\ghly awake &    
told to get a move on1 & to fall 9      
outside ! l9es  be=e hook+ 9 8 horses4  
,he rose /iffly1 sore 9 e jo9t &  a*+ 9 
e limb z if he _h be5 beat5 & bruis$ ) a
 club4  ,! fire 0 dead & he 0 *ill$ to !
 m>r[ ) ! cold t _h  /ruck 9 f 8 wet    
clo!s1 ) ! m mis]able cold t comes  out 

( late & insuffici5t sleep4 ,he %ook l a
 man 9 ! ague1 &  8 tee? *att]$ z he    
?ru/ 8 arms into ! clammy dampness &    
coldness ( 8 jacket's cl++ sleeves4     
,putt+ on 8 boots 0 %e]  torture4 ,!y 7 
icy cold1 & ! wet lea!r 0 /iff & h>d z a
  bo>d4 ,altoge!r he 0 j ab\t z         
mis]able1 cold1 & uncom=table  z a man c
 be1 z he hobbl$ /iffly f ! cook-h\se   
into !  bitt] rawness ( ! w9t] morn+4 ,z
 he w5t out "o ( ! cooks  came 9 &      
comm5c$ to make up ! fire1 & x sudd5ly  
/ruck ,driv]  ,ruff :at a magnific5t &  
enviable job a cook _h1 always mess+    
ab\t  ) a w>m fire & hot wat] & o!r ( ! 
pleasante/ ?+s 9  life4 ,! cook1 r\s$ f 
a w>m /raw b$ 9 ! cold ( "o o'clock  to 
light a fire ) damp wood1 probably held 
a diff]5t op9ion (  ! pleasures ( 8     
(fice4 ,ruff _h ?ree m9utes ) 8 horses  
be=e ! #8,fall 9' 0 call$4 ,!y :ick]$ & 
nuzzl$ at him1 ea*  jeal\sly pu%+ !     
o!r's head aside z he spoke to !m &     
rubb$  _! noses & pull$ _! e>s4 #8,aft] 
all1 ,golly1' he said1 #8a cook  don't h

 horses2 eh1 ,wog8' & at t ?\ght !      
cook's job lo/ its  sav\r & a gleam (   
cont5t w>m$ ! driv]'s s\l4    ,a figure 
sudd5ly appe>$ 9 ! %ape ( lamp-illum9$  
bree*es &  boots & a blot ( %ad[ above  
!m1 & 8 s]geant spoke briskly3          
#8,hullo1 ,ruff4 ,m]ry ,*ri/mas4'       
#8,lumme6' said ,driv] ,ruff4 #8,if ,i  
hadn't clean =got--same to y1  s]geant4'
    #8,an' may we see ! next at 'ome1'  
said ! s]geant4 #8,n[ :at ab\t  ?is pair
 o' y\rs8 ,_h a /iffi% day ye/]day1     
didn't !y8'    ,ruff told him briefly b 
pung5tly ! sort ( day !y _h _h & !  "w  
!y _h done4 ,he 0 s eloqu5t on _!       
behalf--q omitt+  any m5tion ( 8 own    
sorr[s--t ! s]geant promis$ to manage x 
someh[ t !y'd get a light wagon-load t  
day & ! o!r wagons  %>e ! balance4      
,driv] ,ruff began to feel ! _w n s bad 
a place aft] all1 &  ev5 ! briefly      
outl9$ programme ( ! day's "w to beg9 at
 once  & keep on till ev5+ did n ca/ him
 d[n4 #8,!y'll d x easy )  a light      
load1' he said *e]fully4    ,! #8,fall  

9' 0 call$1 & wond]+ r at ?is unusual   
item  ( ! morn+'s "w1 ! m5 fell 9 at !  
end ( ! horse l9es1  /&+ 9 an ankle-deep
 porridge ( mud4    ,_! (fic] address$  
!m %ortly1 an ,n4,c4,o4 beside him ) a  
lant]n1 & ano!r ) a h&ful ( envelopes & 
a bundle (  c>dbo>d boxes4 ,! wagons1   
said ! (fic]1 w\ld g to ,refill+  ,po9t1
 load1 m>* toge!r f !re & rejo9 !       
,division at _!  new camp1 sep>ate !re1 
& ea* take _! rations to _! own units4  
,& because he might n see !m toge!r aga9
 t day he _h p>ad$  !m !n to wi% !m a   
happy ,*ri/mas & good luck1 & to give !m
  a little pres5t t _h be5 s5t out to e 
man 9 ! ,exp$ition>y  ,=ce4    ,"o by "o
 ! m5 receiv$ a photograph ( ! ,k+ &    
,que5 ) a  message writt5 on ! back1 & a
 brass tobacco-box conta9+ tobacco  &   
cig>ettes & ! ,*ri/mas wi%es ( ,pr9cess 
,m>y4    #8,bloom9' '&some1' said "o    
driv] admir+ly4 #8,i'm go9' to s5d  m9e 
'ome to be kep' = me4 ,!re'll be bags o'
 new troops out 'ere 9  ! spr+1 b we'll 
allus 'ave ^! to %[ we 0 out wi' ! fir/ 

cru%4'    #8,my dad's got 'is ,que5's   
*ocolate box yet t %e gave ! fir/ lot   
out 9 ,s'? ,africa1' said ,driv] ,ruff4 
#8,i'll be upsides ) 'im n[4'    #8,i   
be5 ?9k9' ?is week pa/1' said a ?ird1   
#8t ,i nev] knew  any?9' less l ,*ri/mas
 com9'4 ,x seems m l x n[ someh[4'    ,&
 s #8someh[' x did4 ,"o might h>dly     
expect a h&ful ( m51 turn$  out 9 ! raw 
cold small h\rs ( a w9t] morn+1 /&+ 9   
mud  ov] _! boots1 ) a long we>y day's  
"w & a b>e half night's  uncom=table    
sleep beh9d !m1 & ano!r wet & we>y day  
ahead1 to  rise ) any en?usiasm to a    
call = #8?ree *e]s = ! ,k+ &  ,que54' ,b
 !y did x1 ! #8,h'ray' leap+ eag]ly &   
*e]fully close  on ! la/ s\nd ( ! ^w1 ( 
! (fic]'s #8,hip-hip-hip4'    ,& ,driv] 
,ruff's 0 ! fir/ & l\de/ & gaye/ voice (
 ! lot4          ,,into ,,g]many ,,on   
,,! ,,eve ,,( ,,w>4    ,,by ,w4 ,e4 ,,de
 ,b4 ,,:ittak]4      ,e>ly 9 #aiad !re  
_h be5 v>i\s s*emes 9 be+ ) ! object (  
cross+ ! ,atlantic by a]oplane "u ! t]ms
 ( a prize (f]$ by  a ,london pr9t4 ,two

 alone ( ^! 7 9 any way practicable1 "o 
by  an ,engli% retir$ naval (fic] on an 
a]oplane provid$ at ! exp5se  ( an      
,am]ican millionaire1 & ! o!r by ! late 
,mr4 ,gu/av ,hamel1  :o 0 to h fl[n f   
,newf\ndl& on an ,engli% a]oplane1 &  :o
 w\ld h be5 f9anc$ by ,engli% money4    
,mr4 ,hamel 0 dr[n$  9 ! ,engli% ,*annel
 on ,may #bc1 :5 ! arrangem5ts = ! great
  flight 7 9 a v advanc$ /age4 ,a few   
weeks lat] ,mr4 ,h4 ,s4 ,keat+  came    
=w>d & made private arrangem5ts to take 
ov] "p ( !  organisation :i* _h be5     
br\ght toge!r e>li] 9 ! ye>4 ,he  int5d$
 himself to make ! propos$ attempt to   
fly f ,newf\ndl& to  ,irel& at 8 own    
exp5se4 ,?is p]sonal assumption ( !     
burd5 ( !  entire co/ made ! attempt "o 
( pure sport )\t any hope ( ga91  z !   
exp5diture mu/ ( necessity v greatly    
exce$ ! am\nt (  ! prize (f]$4    ,h>ry 
,%eehy ,keat+1 an ,iri%man by bir?1 a   
"o-"t subalt]n 9 !  ,gr5adi] ,gu>ds1 _h 
sp5t a ye> or two 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates & 9 
,mexico1 dur+ :i* p]iod he _h become an 

aviator4 ,( an adv5tur\s  disposition1  
he welcom$ any =m ( sport or d>+ t w\ld 
relieve  ! monotony ( exi/5ce--be=e !   
w>4    ,! selection ( an a]oplane on :i*
 to make ! ,atlantic flight 0  a matt] (
 no little difficulty4 ,we he>d t on    
,july #aj ,h]r ,boehm  _h fl[n at       
,johanni/hal on an ,albatross biplane = 
tw5ty-f\r h\rs  twelve m9utes )\t once  
alight+4 ,we decid$ !re=e t we w\ld  g  
to ,b]l9 & see :at ! ,albatross ,company
 c\ld d = u4    ,z we _h nei!r ( u      
travell$ 9 ,holl& or ,g]many we det]m9$ 
to motor f ! ,hook ( ,holl& to ,b]l9 &  
back4 ,! ?reat ( w>  :i* by n[ fill$ all
 ! ,london news %eets we did n believe4 
#8,wolf'  _h be5 cri$ s (t54 ,! ,s>ajevo
 murd] & its imm$iate results  w\ld     
drift into hi/ory 9 company ) ,fa%oda & 
,agadir & no blood  at all w\ld be      
spilt4    ,an accid5t deta9$ u on ! way 
to ,h>wi*1 s t we miss$ ,saturday  &    
,sunday's boats1 & only l&$ at ! ,hook 9
 ! v e>ly morn+  ( ,tuesday1 ,july #bg1 
& at once ent]$ into a fog ( my/]y :i*  

did  n lift entirely until we rea*$ !   
,hague on our return j\rney on  ,augu/  
#e4 ,we nei!r ( u knew a ^w ( ! language
 ( ei!r c\ntry  :i* we 7 to visit1 & !  
daily pap]s conta9$ :at 7 to u  m]ely   
cabali/ic symbols4    ,we cross$ !      
,g]man fronti] a mile or two beyond     
,old5zaal &  by d9n] "t we _h rea*$     
,rhe9e4 ,"h ! wea!r *ang$4 ,!  sun      
disappe>$ & a depress+ s(t ra9 began to 
fall4 ,we d9$  uncom=tably & wond]$ a   
little irritably :y ! ,g]man p  %\ld be 
s excit$4 ,we knew no reason4    ,anxi\s
 to rea* ,b]l9 ) z little delay z       
possible we left ,rhe9e  aft] d9n] &    
drove ?r\gh ! d>kness & p\r+ ra9 &      
appall+ roads t[>ds ,osnabruck4 ,we _h  
no w9dscre5 & ! hood  !re=e became      
valueless4 ,keat+ ) *>act]i/ic          
det]m9ation  drove :ile ,i cr\*$ 9 !    
bottom ( ! c>4 ,bo? ( u 7  dr5*$ by ! "t
 we rea*$ ! ,kais]h( ,hotel at          
,osnabruck &  ! c> 0 9 a pitiful /ate4  
,we felt t ,g]many 0 giv+ u no  adequate
 welcome4 ,our ho/1 a man ( *>m+ mann]s1

 told u t  ! mobilisation ord]s 7 ab\t  
to be issu$1 & t %ortly !  deceitful    
,russian w\ld be taught a lesson (      
value4 ,we 7 ask$1 a  little eag]ly1 if 
,engl& w\ld assi/1 & ^? :o li/5$ 7      
obvi\sly disappo9t$ :5 we said we ?\ght 
%e w\ld n int]f]e4    ,9 ! morn+1 z x   
/ill ra9$1 we b\ght a l>ge %eet (       
celluloid  z a sub/itute = ! long-brok5 
w9dscre54 ,at a lat] date we  bitt]ly   
regrett$ ev] hav+ se5 or he>d ( ?is     
celluloid4 ,z  ! ra9 /ill fell we did n 
leave until ! late aft]noon1 &  !re=e   
did n get fur!r ?an ,m9d5 :5 night fell4
 ,bo? ( u  7 angry1 *iefly ow+ to       
,keat+'s total inability to read a r\te 
9 a ,cont95tal ,guide1 :i* 01 9 any     
case1 q inaccurate4 ,"h  at ,m9d51 :]e  
our ance/ors _h f\ght z allies ) !      
,g]mans 9  ! ye> ( victory1 #agei1 !re 7
 unmi/akable signs ( approa*+  w>4 ,!   
hotel 7,/adt ,london7 0 pack$ ) (fic]s &
 _! families  eat+ a fond f>ewell le/ on
 ! morr[ ! wor/ might come4 ,d9n]  pass$
 to ! click+ ( heels & an orgy (        

c]emonial salutes by  (fic]s :o 7 ab\t  
to bid good-bye to #8review-ord]' = ye>s
 to  come4    ,9 ! /reets ! tramp ( !   
troops1 ! clatt] ( horses' ho(s1 &  !   
rumble ( iron-%od :eels cont9u$ ?r\gh\t 
! night4 ,:ile "h  we le>nt t ,au/ria _h
 on ! day be=e decl>$ w> on ,s]bia1 &  t
 soon ! ,emp]or's eagles w\ld end all   
,balkan tr\bles = all "t4    ,on        
,?ursday ! wea!r cle>$ & ! sun %one4 ,we
 pass$ ?r\gh  ,hanov]1 :]e we b\ght t9y 
silk flags ( ! ,g]man ,/ates ) "s  fa9t 
idea ( %[+ ! p t we did n really dislike
 !m4 ,9  ,brunswick we ate s&wi*es &    
drank v d>k be] f huge *9a mugs  :ile we
 sat 9 an old oak-panell$ hall ) a high 
ro( also ( oak4    ,! bridge-keep]s 9   
,magdeburg took toll ( u z we pass$     
?r\gh  dur+ ! e>ly aft]noon 9 high hopes
 ( rea*+ ! capital e>ly  9 ! ev5+4 ,!   
road improv$ /ill m & !re 0 b little    
traffic to deta9 u4 ,= long /ret*es our 
spe$ nev] dropp$ mu*  bel[ sixty miles  
an h\r4 ,! gods seem$ to be smil+4 ,we  
=got !  worries induc$ by ! bad maps & !

 ,g]man food & became = a  space almo/  
happy4 ,:5 t5 miles f ,br&5burg ,i tri$ 
to pass a  l>ge c>t on ! prop] side &   
promptly ran into x1 ) disa/r\s  results
 to "o ( our front :eels & to bo? head  
lamps4 ,aft] *ang+  ! :eel we manag$ to 
proce$1 only to f9d :5 six miles f      
,potsdam  & ?ree miles f ! ne>e/ g>age t
 we _h no m petrol4 ,at  ! same "t a    
tyre g5tly subsid$ & our tr\bles 7      
complete4 ,at  ?is po9t our v fray$     
temp]s collaps$ entirely & we ea* accus$
  ! o!r ( be+ responsible = ! exi/5ce ( 
,g]many & all its  ills6 ,m]cifully all 
tr\bles come to an end 9 "t & we rea*$  
,potsdam be=e t5 o'clock4    ,! ,hotel  
,/adt ,knigsb]g :]e we /ay$ 0 also full 
( (fic]s &  ^? dep5d5t on !m4 ,a curi\s 
note ( suppress$ excitem5t 0  obvi\s to 
/rang]s l ourselves1 ?\gh at ! "t we 7 q
  unable to acc\nt = x4 ,s]bia 0 surely 
too small to affect !  ,g]man (fic] ca/e
 to su* an ext5t4    ,! next day1 ,july 
#ca1 a ,friday1 we left ! c> "u repair  
at a g>age  9 ,potsdam & w5t by tra9 to 

,johanni/hal ?r\gh ,b]l94 ,we saw !     
directors ( two lead+ ,g]man a]onautical
 firms--! ,albatross & !                
,l4,v4,g4--only to f9d t 9 nei!r case   
c\ld !y und]take any "w  ( ! nature we  
desir$1 z !y 7 f> too busy supply+      
aircraft  to ! ,g]man & ,au/rian        
,gov]nm5ts4 ,!y w\ld1 !y said1 require  
at lea/ six mon?s 9 :i* to complete any 
ord]4 ,we1 on ! o!r  h&1 _h only six    
weeks to sp>e4 ,! ,albatross ,company   
ask$ u to call  aga9 on ! foll[+ day 9  
ord] t we might aga9 meet ! bo>d (      
directors4 ,z no?+ m c\ld be done dur+ !
 day we paid a m>k  apiece & w5t into ! 
public "p ( ! a]odrome4 ,no milit>y gu>d
  0 to be se5 save ov] ! great ,zeppel9 
%$1 :i* 0 empty1 its  usual t5ant hav+  
fl[n to ,pos5 ! day be=e4    ,:ile we   
wait$ we saw elev5 ,albatross biplanes  
leave = ,au/ria by  air1 pilot$ by      
,au/rian (fic]s1 ea* accompani$ by a    
me*anic4 ,!  pres5ce ( v obvi\s         
organisation & ! entire abs5ce ( any    
excitem5t or confusion impress$ u bo?4  

,cle>ly ,g]man a]onautics  _h left !    
purely exp]im5tal /age1 & ! a]oplane _h 
become  z mu* a "p ( milit>y life z _h !
 motor-c> ye>s be=e4 ,!  me?od (        
con/ruction & ! degree ( f9i% ( ea*     
ma*9e %[$  ! exi/5ce ( a settl$ indu/ry4
 ,:ile until ! beg9n+ ( ! w>  ! av]age  
,engli% a]oplane _h ! appe>ance ( be+ ! 
only "o  ( its type1 a /ep 9 a s]ies (  
exp]im5ts1 ! ,g]man a]oplane (  ! "t 0 z
 f9i%$ & complete z if x 7 "o ( a bat* (
 a  ?\s&4 ,all t 0 practically possible 
at t date 0 to be f\nd  on ^! ,g]man    
ma*9es :i* 7 s soon to te/ _! pr[ess    
aga9/  ! ,engli%4    ,dur+ d9n] at      
,potsdam ! head wait] /ood 9 ! middle ( 
!  room & recit$1 amid/ g5]al en?usiasm1
 ! spee* ! ,kais] _h  deliv]$ f !       
balcony ( 8 palace 9 ,b]l9 dur+ !       
aft]noon4  ,true patriotism 0 %[n4 ,!   
day _h come & ! tra9+ & hopes (  a      
c5tury 7 to be put to ! te/ at la/4     
,aft] d9n] we walk$ ?r\gh ! cr[d$ /reets
 & wat*$ !  excit$ p snat* ! s+le news  
%eets f ! newsboys z !y  pass$ along4   

,great masses ( en?usia/ic y\? ru%$     
along ! /reets  s++ national songs1 (   
:i* #8,deuts*l& b] ,alles' 0 ! mo/      
popul>4 ,! beautiful /ra9s ( ! ,au/rian 
,national ,an!m 7 (t5  he>d4 ,e (fic] :o
 appe>$ f any direction 0 *e]$ l\dly1  &
 ev5 ! police 7 n unpopul> on ?is night 
( nights4 ,we1  ?\gh we 7 obvi\s =eign]s
 & q possible ,engli%m51 7 n  mole/$ 9  
any way4 ,long aft] we _h gone to b$ !  
noise cont9u$  )\t int]mission1 until   
ev5 ,keat+ lo/ "s ( 8 joy\s  en?usiasm =
 w> 9 8 great] & m imm$iate desire =    
sleep4    ,%ortly be=e noon on          
,saturday1 ,augu/ #a1 we aga9 w5t to    
,johanni/hal1  ?is "t by c>4 ,we arriv$ 
at ! a]odrome at ab\t half-pa/ "o       
o'clock & decid$ t1 z our int]view ) !  
directors ( !  ,albatross ,company 0    
sure to be %ort1 we w\ld h lun* on ! way
  back to ,b]l94 ,x 0 a fooli% decision1
 z aft] ev5ts w %[4 ,we  f\nd s5tries at
 e entrance to ! gr\nd4 ,by ! small door
 lead+  into ! g>d5 9 front ( !         
,albatross (fices /ood a ,g]man soldi]  

9 ! s]vice dress ( a regim5t ( ! l9e4 ,z
 we pass$ 9 he said  some?+ long 9      
,g]man & seem$ to wi% to prev5t our     
entry4 ,keat+  smil$1 :i* is n usual :5 
"o deals ) ,g]man soldi]s on duty1  & ! 
s5try 0 too surpris$ to /op u4 ,once    
inside we 7 met by  ! works manag]1 a   
,h]r ,huttney1 :o _h le>nt ,engli% 9 !  
,unit$  ,/ates ( ,am]ica :5 acquir+ m]it
 9 8 e>ly y\?4 ,he took u  be=e sev]al (
 ! directors ( ! company & we aga9 talk$
 (  ! pur*ase ( an a]oplane4 ,!re 0 an  
atmosph]e ( re/ra9t &  suspicion :i*1 9 
! light ( lat] k1 0 n unnatural4 ,n[  we
 7 told t no ma*9e at all c\ld be sold  
to u = _m mon?s1  z ! army requir$ !m   
all2 #8ev51' !y said1 #8,au/ria w n be  
all[$ to pur*ase m4' ,keat+ (f]$ to buy 
an ,albatross :i* we  knew to be 9      
,engl&4 ,9 reply we 7 %[n a telegram f  
,london  say+ t a]oplane _h j be5       
comm&e]$ by ! ,admiralty6 ,?is  incid5t 
0 ! fir/ to br+ home to u ! possibility 
( ,great  ,brita9 jo9+ 9 ! new w>4 ,!re 
0 an unwield9ess ab\t !  conv]sation t  

%[$ u !y did n desire to d bus9ess ) u1 
& s aft] f>ewells we 7 conduct$ outside 
! b\nd>ies ( !  gr\nds by ! works'      
manag]4 ,"h to our amazem5t1 & at ! "t  
amusem5t1 we f\nd two soldi]s1 fully    
arm$ & ration$1 /&+ by  ! c>4 ,:5 ,i    
tri$ to />t ! eng9e1 ,i 0 press$ back   
g5tly by  rifle & bayonet4 ,h]r ,huttney
 ask$ = reasons & 0 told1 or s he  said1
 t an (fic] _h be5 s5t = & until 8      
arrival we c\ld  n leave4 ,s1 resign$ly 
& hungrily1 = x 0 by n[ f\r o'clock  &  
we _h _h no lun*1 we sat 9 ! c> ) ,h]r  
,huttney z company4  ,he1 too1 0 n      
p]mitt$ to leave1 if 8 own /atem5t 0 to 
be  believ$4 ,= ne>ly two h\rs we sat "h
 wait+ = ! (fic] :o  did n come4 ,at six
 o'clock we 7 mov$1 "u in/ructions f an 
,n4,c4,o41 to an op5-air gu>d-room by ! 
,zeppel9 %$ & j inside  ! a]odrome f5ce4
 ,"h our wait cont9u$1 reliev$ a little 
by "s  lag] be] & leb]wur/ s&wi*es1     
br\ght by ! k9dness ( "o (  our gu>d4   
,at dusk we 7 tak5 by two policem5 9    
pla9 clo!s be=e  ! (fic] comm&+ !       

a]odrome1 :o _h an extemporis$ ord]ly   
room 9 ! small] dirigible %$4 ,) him 7  
sev]al subalt]ns (  infantry & ( ! fly+ 
section ( ! s]vice4 ,none ( ! (fic]s  9 
! room admitt$ to any k ( ,engli% or    
,fr5*1 & s ,h]r  ,huttney1 :o 0 /ill 9  
semi-arre/ ) u1 _h p]=ce to translate   
all t 0 said on ei!r side4 ,a little    
lat]1 :ile ,keat+ 0 be+  cross-exam9$1  
,i ask$1 q )\t malice1 ! (fic] ne>e/ me 
:e!r he knew ,london4 ,be=e he _h _h "t 
to rememb] :e!r he  knew ,engli% or n he
 _h answ]$ cle>ly t ,piccadilly ,circus 
he did  n "k b ,london x 0 s dull6 ,aft]
 ?is slip he made no fur!r  secret ( 8 k
 ( ,engli% & talk$ freely4    ,!        
comm&ant1 aft] ask+ our bus9ess & be+   
told ! tru?1 0  cle>ly sceptical4       
,f9ally1 z he c\ld get no?+ f u b :at 0 
true1 he h&$ u ov] to ! c>e ( ! two     
policem54 ,we 7 ord]$  to proce$ to !   
,c5tral ,police ,(fice 9 ,b]l91 & into  
our c>1  design$ by ! mak]s z a         
?ree-seat]1 we cr[d$ ,h]r ,huttney1 !   
two policem51 & ourselves4 ,keat+ drove1

 & an h\r lat] we f\nd  ourselves 9 a   
long dismal corridor ?ree /oreys up 9   
,b]l9's ,scotl&  ,y>d4 ,i 0 9 ! la/ /age
 ( depression1 z ,h]r ,huttney _h j     
told u t he fe>$ we %\ld n get less ?an 
five ye>s' det5tion  z pot5tial spies4  
,9 addition we 7 hungry & cold4 ,aft] a 
%ort  wait we 7 tak5 be=e a civilian    
(ficial :o1 ) ! utmo/  c\rtesy1         
cross-exam9$ u4 ,we 7 se>*$ & all our   
belong+s f  my ,g]man ^w-books to !     
remnants ( a s&wi* 7 laid solemnly  on !
 table4 ,"s t9y films ,i _h 7 develop$  
rapidly some:]e 9  ! build+4 ,aft] an   
anxi\s exam9ation1 la/+ p]haps half an  
h\r  & :i* 0 conduct$ 9 a language ( :i*
 we did n "k a ^w1  we 7 releas$ ) !    
advice to leave ,b]l9 ) z little delay  
z possible4 ,z we left ! room ! s5ior   
(ficial said t he hop$  our respective  
c\ntries w\ld rema9 fri5dly = !         
salvation ( !  entire _w4    ,we /ay$ ! 
night at a quiet hotel 9 a /reet p>allel
 to ! ,unt]  d5 ,l9d5 & p]suad$ ,h]r    
,huttney to d9e ) u4 ,he 0 obvi\sly  ill

 at ease & left u z soon z c\ld be done 
) c\rtesy4 ,ev5  our exp]i5ce ( !       
aft]noon _h n br\ght home to u any real 
und]/&+ ( ! true situation4 ,we /ill    
?\ght t we _h be5  arre/$ z a matt] (   
,g]man habit1 & t all w\ld be well 9 a  
week or s :5 ! dang]s ( w> _h aga9 pass$
 by4 ,our ,g]man gue/  0 cle>ly1 ?\gh we
 did n "k x at ! "t1 unwill+ to be se5  
9 public ) u4 ,he left1 & weeks lat] we 
he>d z a matt] (  rum\r t he _h met 8   
dea? at ! h&s ( ! au?orities "u         
suspicion ( giv+ assi/ance to enemy     
spies6 ,x may n be s or we may  n h be5 
! spies 9 "q4 ,"o hopes n4    ,at !     
,embassy we manag$ to borr[ "s money f !
 milit>y atta*  & 7 giv5 a passport on  
:i*1 un=tunately1 bo? our names 7       
ent]$4 ,we 7 told t if we wi%$ = fre$om 
we _h bett]  endeav\r to leave ,g]many  
at once4 ,:5 we said we int5d$ to motor 
to ! ,dut* fronti] "s d\bt 0 %[n z to   
:e!r we %\ld be  p]mitt$ to travel f>4  
,nobody d\bt$ = a mom5t :at ! end w\ld  
be4 ,w> mu/ come & ,engl& w\ld be 9 x4  

,at elev5 o'clock we w5t to a g>age &   
fill$ ! c> ) ev]y?+  necess>y = a       
non-/op j\rney to ,holl&1 z we realis$ t
 a  /oppage on ! road w\ld probably     
become p]man5t4 ,! *ief tr\ble  0       
petrol1 z an ord] re/rict+ ! sale 0     
expect$ at any mom5t4  ,consequ5tly1    
:ile ,keat+ talk$ to ! old c>etak] by   
means ( my  phrase-book1 ,i collect$    
petrol cans & put !m "u ! dickey seat4  
,!n1 9 ord] t ! c> might n be seiz$1 we 
drove away f !  g>age & left ! c>       
outside ! hotel = ! re/ ( ! night4      
,ev]ybody1 includ+ ! police1 0 s excit$ 
t no compla9t 0  made4    ,?is settl$1  
we w5t into a l>ge re/aurant organis$ on
 ,am]ican  l9es1 :]e "o paid a fix$ sum 
on ent]+ & !n help$ oneself to  any (   
doz5s ( diff]5t small di%es arrang$ on  
/&s4 ,?is place  0 ?rong$ ) p1 :o1 )    
,teutonic ?or\ghness1 did n p]mit  _!   
excitem5t ( ! mom5t to int]f]e ) _!     
meals4 ,at fir/ we  7 %y ( spee*1 fe>+  
our ,engli% tongue w\ld cause tr\ble4   
,aft]  a space we began to talk & !n1 to

 our amazem5t1 a man at ! same  table   
ask$ if we 7 ,engli% &1 he>+ ! tru?1    
promptly became  emb>rass+ly pleasant & 
insi/$ on dr9k+ our national heal? 9    
d>k lag]4 ,o!rs to :om we spoke also %[$
 signs ( pleasure &  = a mom5t or two we
 7 popul>4 ,!n = ! fir/ "t we le>nt  h[ 
ke5 ! ,g]man p 7 at t "t on an effective
 naval &  milit>y alliance ) ,engl&4 ,f 
day to day on our way to ! coa/  we 7 to
 f9d ?is ! g5]al feel+4    ,we left !   
hotel at five on ! morn+ ( ,sunday1     
,augu/ #b1 & drove  out ( ,b]l9 by !    
,unt] d5 ,l9d54 ,! wea!r 0 p]fect1 & )  
consequ5t optimism we hop$ to rea*      
,holl& be=e nightfall4 ,no /op  0 to be 
made until ! ,dut* fronti] _h be5 pass$4
    ,9 ,potsdam1 z we pass$ ?r\gh1 all 0
 calm4 ,patriotism is v  tir+4 ,! /reets
 7 des]t$ & we drove ?r\gh )\t notice4  
,all w5t well ) u4 ,! sun 0 %9+ & !     
road1 at ?is /age  ( ! j\rney1 0 good4  
,! next =ty kilometres pass$ at ! rate  
( "o a m9ute & be=e sev5 o'clock we 7 9 
,br&5burg4 ,"h  ill-=tune aga9 caught u 

up4 ,z we cross$ ! bridge ov] ! ,havel  
a tyre bur/4 ,we _h no sp>e inn] tube & 
s ,keat+ w5t to a  g>age ne> by 9 ord]  
to get replacem5ts4 ,8 spee* reveal$ him
 a  =eign]1 ! news spread rapidly & by !
 "t he return$ to ! c>  a l>ge cr[d _h  
assembl$ r\nd u4 ,at fir/ we ?\ght _!   
int]e/  to be m]e curiosity1 b we soon  
saw t x 0 und]la9 by suspicion4  ,to    
avoid !m1 & 9 ord] to *ange tyres       
quickly1 we drove ! c>  into a n>r[     
c\rty>d ne> by & began "w4 ,! cr[d      
increas$ &  %[$ signs ( foll[+ u into ! 
y>d4 ,at ?is po9t we clos$ !  y>d gates1
 :i* 7 ( iron scroll "w cov]$ ) plate   
glass  ?r\gh :i* our movem5ts c\ld be   
wat*$4    ,! mob /ill increas$ & its    
attitude 0 ?reat5+4 ,a man ^:  h\se     
abutt$ on ! y>d1 anxi\s z to ! safety ( 
8 prop]ty1 s5t  = ! police4 ,%ortly     
aft]w>ds a s]geant arriv$ :o1 luckily1  
spoke  ,engli% accord+ to ,am]ican      
practice4 ,he _h1 he told u imm$iately  
on  arrival1 be5 9 ,san ,francisco dur+ 
! e>?quake1 h5ce 8 k  ( our language4 ,f

 him we le>nt t ! cr[d 9 ! road believ$ 
u to be ,russian spies & 7 tak+ measures
 to prev5t our escape4 ,at  our reque/  
he s5t = an (fic]1 to :om we expla9$ our
 position4  ,?\gh ! latt] %[$ no signs (
 en?usiasm he believ$ our /atem5t  aft] 
exam9+ our passport & driv+ lic5ce4 ,he 
!n left1 tell+  8 s]geant to see u out (
 ! t[n z soon z we 7 ready4 ,aft]  !    
police int]view ! cr[d melt$ away & we  
suff]$ no fur!r  inconv5i5ce4    ,by ?is
 "t we 7 hungry & ask$ our fri5d !      
s]geant if he c\ld  buy u food4 ,a boy 0
 s5t = sausage s&wi*es & be]4 ,we drank 
) ! s]geant to ! heal? ( ,great ,brita9 
& ,g]many & to !  confusion ( ! re/ ( ! 
_w4 ,x is easy to admire a nation :5  "o
 is at its m]cy4 ,x is easi] /ill :5 "o 
realises ! magnific5t  patriotism &     
unity ( purpose ( t same nation4 ,:51 ! 
tyre  fitt$1 x 0 "t to leave1 we        
endeav\r$ to pay ! small boy = !  food  
he _h br\ght1 only to be /opp$ by !     
s]geant1 :o said we 7  8 gue/s & t he   
w\ld n l u to leave ) a bad op9ion (  8 

c\ntry6 ,firm fri5ds1 we left t s]geant 
) deep regret1 z by  n[ we knew our     
passage ?r\gh ! c\ntry 0 n to be        
pleasant4    ,at ,magdeburg we 7 /opp$  
by ! ,cu/oms aft] cross+ ! bridge  ov] !
 ,elbe4 ,we 7 made 9 full gl>e ( !      
public eye to  demon/rate ! innoc5ce &  
inadequacy ( our w>drobe4 ,"h1 too1  !  
roll ( celluloid b\ght at ,osnabruck    
came "u suspicion4 ,!  police argu$ t x 
c\ld h no possible use on ! c> & t  x   
mu/ be "p ( a photographic app>atus1 !  
re/ ( :i* we 7  wilfully conceal+4 ,aft]
 ,keat+'s wond]ful use ( my             
incompreh5sible  phrase-book & _m vivid 
ge/iculations f myself1 ! police        
pret5d$ !y und]/ood & reluctantly let u 
travel onw>ds4    ,f ?is place onw>ds   
our tr\ble int5sifi$4 ,s long z we      
cont9u$  to move & %[$ no hesitation all
 0 well1 b no soon] did we  /op to      
exam9e a signpo/ at cross roads ?an we  
w\ld be surr\nd$  by an excit$ mob ( m5 
& wom5 arm$ to ! tee? ) muskets t       
appe>$ to date f ,wat]loo & ) spades1   

picks1 & pit*=ks (  a lat] date b ( no  
less sangu9>y appe>ance4 ,x 0 n]v\s "w  
endeav\r+ to expla9 ourselves to ! local
 int]pret]1 probably !  p>i% prie/1 :ile
 any mom5t ! v>i$ cont5ts ( any ( ^!    
guns  might %att] su* bra9s z worry _h  
left u4    ,f ,hanov] onw>ds we 7 /opp$ 
at practically e village by  patrols ( !
 type describ$ above4 ,t ^! po/s 7      
in/all$  (ficially 0 obvi\s f ! attempt 
at a uni=m worn by mo/ (  ^! m54 ,at ea*
 place our pap]s 7 exam9$ labori\sly by 
!  padre or ! lead+ %opkeep]1 9 ea* case
 )\t mu* enlight5m5t1  = 9 accordance ) 
,briti% insul>ity our passport 0        
entirely 9  ,engli%4    ,f ^! causes our
 av]age spe$ dropp$ to eight miles an   
h\r1 &  our n]ves began to %[ signs (   
we>9ess4 ,"o nev] knew f "o  mom5t to   
ano!r :5 we might be deta9$ & possibly  
kill$ 9 a fit  ( misplac$ en?usiasm4 ,we
 _h he>d1 h[ ,i _c say1 t no motor+  0  
p]mitt$ aft] d>k4 ,consequ5tly1 z :5    
d>kness fell we _h  rea*$ ,m9d51 we     
decid$ to /ay ! night at ! ,hotel ,/adt 

,london4  ,?is = ! second "t & "u su*   
diff]5t conditions4 ,on ?is day  !re 0  
d\bt :e!r we %\ld rea* home aga9 = ye>s 
or1 if an  easy accid5t came1 p]haps    
nev]4 ,! hotel 0 cr[d$ ) (fic]s1  ?is "t
 mo/ly 9 s]vice kit4 ,! d9+-room rang ) 
excit$ talk  z to ! future & all 7 flu%$
 ) ?\ghts ( ! days to come4    ,z we d9$
 we s5t = a police (fic]1 9 ord] t by   
report+  ourselves 9 "t we %\ld avoid   
delay 9 leav+ on ! foll[+  morn+4 ,an   
(fic] arriv$ s spe$ily t we c\ld n fail 
to realise  t he _h be5 9 wait+4 ,we    
ask$ if we might leave at dawn4 ,he said
  c\rte\sly t z ! ,milit>y ,comm&ant    
wi%$ to see u at eight  o'clock next day
 x w\ld n be possible = u to get away   
be=e  breakfa/4 ,) c\rtesy he refus$ to 
dr9k ) u & ) c\rtesy he  b[$ himself    
out4 ,he 0 s pleasant t we felt t our   
affairs _h  become m s]i\s dur+ ! day4  
,%ortly aft] two o'clock ,i 0 awak5$ by 
! s\nd ( m>*+ &  ! rumbl+ ( wagons4 ,f t
 h\r onw>ds until dawn battalion  aft]  
battalion pass$ on its way to entra9 =  

"s battle front z  yet unreveal$ to u4  
,%ortly aft] dawn troops ceas$ to pass =
 "s  h\rs & we 7 able to sleep aga94    
,dur+ ! wakeful p]iod we ea*  discov]$1 
z we f\nd on comp>+ notes next day1 t a 
s5try 0 on  duty 9 ! corridor outside   
our rooms4    ,! next morn+ we report$  
to ! ,comm&ant at 8 (fice1 tak+ !  c> ) 
u 9 case we got imm$iate leave to       
proce$4 ,:5 we arriv$ we  f\nd !        
,comm&ant engag$ & we _h to wait 9 an   
out] room ) a  s*oolma/] :o _h be5      
br\ght 9 to act z our int]pret]4 ,:ile  
we  sat "h admir+ a l>ge engrav+ ( !    
picture ( ! ,g]man troops  greet+       
,admiral ,seym\r's seam5 9 ,*9a 7#aijj7 
hung on ! wall ov]  ! door to !         
,comm&ant's room1 an old man 0 br\ght 9 
by two  policem54 ,he 0 cry+ bitt]ly 9 !
 hopeless1 dre>y mann] ( !  ag$4 ,8 sobs
 7 pa9ful to he> & we ask$ our int]pret]
 :o he  might be & if we c\ld d any?+ to
 assi/ him4 ,! answ] 0 #8,no1  z he is a
 ,russian spy :o is *>g$ ) be+ conc]n$ 9
 an attempt  to dynamite ! railway      

bridge ov] ! riv]4 ,he w1 x is und\bt$1 
be %ot6' ,! *>ge may or may n h be5     
true1 b t aft]noon  ! old man 0 %ot aft]
 a summ>y trial4 ,x made ,keat+ & myself
  less optimi/ic z to our *ances4       
,aft] a %ort wait we 7 br\ght be=e !    
,comm&ant1 :o li/5$  to our /ory )      
c\rtesy & ) obvi\s tru/4 ,we said no?+  
ab\t  ! reason ( our visit4 ,! ,comm&ant
 0 dispos$ to believe t we  7 n spies1 &
 w\ld1 ,i ?9k1 h let u g on our way _h n
  ano!r (fic] 9 ! room int]f]$4 ,he ask$
 u r r\ghly :y  at su* a di/urb$ "t we  
came to ,g]many4 ,keat+ !n expla9$ t  we
 wi%$ to buy an a]oplane4 ,?is          
revelation alt]$ ev]y?+1 &  ! ,comm&ant1
 aft] talk+ e>ne/ly = "s m9utes ) 8     
bro!r  (fic]1 told u1 none too will+ly1 
we ?\ght1 to return to our hotel  & n to
 leave x until p]mission 0 giv54 ,9 !   
meantime he w\ld  wire to ! ,briti%     
,embassy = confirmation ( our /ory4 ,we 
n[ gave up  hope1 = we knew x 0         
extremely unlikely t ! ,embassy w\ld ev]
  receive ! wire4    ,we walk$ sadly    

back to ! hotel1 leav+ ! c> 9 ! *>ge (  
! police (ficials4 ,regretfully we ?\ght
 ( all ! beautiful w>s  break+ out 9 e  
direction 9 :i* x 0 n[ unlikely we w\ld 
be  able to take "p4 ,w> is inspir+ &   
attractive to all :o h n  f\ght4    ,at 
! hotel we sat moodily by a l>ge w9d[   
look+ into ! /reet &  drank lag] be]    
:ile we wat*$ battalion aft] battalion  
pass on _!  way to entra9 = ! front4    
,?ree days be=e ^! m5 _h ei!r  be5 on   
res]ve 9 civil occupations or _h be5    
we>+ ! picturesque  uni=ms ( peace4 ,v  
few ( !m _h !n kn[n :at ! s]vice dress  
0 l & none _h worn x4 ,n[1 9 /rict      
accordance ) ! plans  ( =ty ye>s1 ea*   
man 9 ! great /rik+ =ce 0 fully equipp$ 
= ! greate/ campaign 9 hi/ory4    ,"o   
po9t /ruck u unfav\rably1 & ?is 0 !     
pa9ful newness ( !  boots ( yell[       
undress$ lea!r worn by all4 ,lat]1 we   
discov]$ t  ?is too 0 a sign ( =e?\ght4 
,ea* man _h 9 8 kit ! boots  worn & made
 com=table by him 9 times ( peace1 & !  
new boots  7 be+ worn 9 ^! fir/ days t  

!y might be 9 "s mann]  brok5 9 be=e    
action 0 jo9$4 ,_h ! troops worn _! old 
boots  !y w\ld1 :5 footsore1 h _h no    
means ( gett+ relief o!r  ?an tak+ !    
boots (f & re/+ _! feet4 ,on ! o!r h&1  
we>+ ! new boots fir/1 we>9ess 0 greatly
 r$uc$ by *ang+  into ! old] boots4 ,su*
 a matt] z ?is1 small 9 itself1 may mean
  ! diff]5ce betwe5 defeat & victory4   
,%ortly be=e lun* a ,lieut5ant ,kell]man
 ( a res]ve unit ( ,g>rison  ,artill]y  
call$ to see u4 ,he said t he _h be5    
told t two  ,engli%m5 7 deta9$ 9 ! t[n1 
& t z he admir$ ! ,engli%  & spoke our  
language flu5tly he _h come to see :at  
assi/ance  he might be able to r5d]4 ,we
 7 glad to see him4 ,x reliev$ !        
monotony1 & also he w\ld be able to     
translate ! my/ic newspap]s to  u4 ,b t 
0 n 8 mission4 ,he talk$ ( ,engl& & (   
,am]ica4  ,all good ,g]mans seem to h   
travell$ 9 ,am]ica ei!r ,nor? or ,s\?6  
,x 0 "s little "t be=e we realis$ t mo/ 
( 8 que/ions  7 ask$ ) o!r reasons ?an t
 ( b5evol5ce4 ,he said t a  di>y ( our  

travels w\ld be int]e/+ 9 ye>s to come4 
,surely we  _h kept "o8 ,& photographs1 
too1 :at pleasure !y w\ld give to our   
fri5ds 9 ,engl& :5 we rea*$ home6 ,b z  
our visitor w\ld nei!r  dr9k nor        
smoke--:at hone/ ,g]man does n dr9k &   
smoke8--) u we  did n c>e to answ] 8    
que/ions q z simply z he w\ld h  wi%$4  
,aft] a space he left u & return$ no m4 
,he may h meant  well1 b 9 ! light (    
aft] ev5ts x is m probable t he 0       
int5d$ to trap u into "s unconsci\sly   
guilty admission4    ,at lun* "t !      
,comm&ant appe>$4 ,he told u t no reply 
_h come  f ,b]l9 & t he fe>$ we %\ld f9d
 x difficult to get away4  ,8 pleasant  
face %[$ t he really felt sorry & t x 0 
n  pret5ce4 ,at 8 reque/ we lun*$ ) him1
 ?\gh ! conv]sation 0  ( necessity      
spasmodic1 s9ce nei!r p>ty spoke ! o!r's
 tongue4 ,yet  x 0 a k9dly ?\ght1 :i*   
c\nts = mu* at times ( t5sion4 ,he1  9  
common ) mo/ (fic]s ( ! g>rison1 lun*$  
daily at ! ,hotel  ,/adt ,london1 & our 
pres5ce at 8 table w5t f> to make our   

position  m com=table4 ,! glances (     
suspicion f o!r (fic]s 9 !  room di$    
away1 & we felt less l escap$ convicts  
?an we _h dur+  ! morn+4    ,?r\gh !    
k9dly (fices ( a neighb\r :o spoke      
,engli% !  ,comm&ant ask$ if we ?\ght   
,engl& w\ld take "p 9 ! w>4 ,we  said t 
we did n ?9k our c\ntry w\ld int]f]e1 z 
at t "t  we imag9$ ! op5+ w> to conc]n  
,france1 ,russia1 & ,g]many  alone4 ,!  
,comm&ant gravely said t he 0 n         
optimi/ic1 = he did  n ?9k t ,engl& w\ld
 /& by inactive4 ,w> w\ld be bad = bo?  
c\ntries4 ,he impli$ t ,g]many _h = _m  
ye>s desir$ an alliance  ) ,engl&4      
,unit$ ! two nations c\ld sweep ! _w4   
,?is 0 !  view tak5 by _m to :om we     
spoke dur+ ! j\rney & illu/rates  9 "s  
degree ! aims ( ,mod]n ,g]many4 ,!      
picture ( an uncivilis$  _w wait+ =     
enlight5m5t by ! ,apo/les ( ,culture 9 !
 =m (  ,g]man ,army ,corps is pa!tic to 
u1 b x is1 or 01 d\btless v  vivid to   
s9c]e ,g]man (fic]s4    ,at f\r o'clock 
we 7 s5t = by ! ,comm&ant1 :o said t no 

news  _h arriv$ f ,b]l91 b t on 8 own   
responsibility he w\ld  all[ u to leave 
! t[n4 ,he sign$ a /atem5t say+ t we _h 
be5  exam9$ & 7 p]mitt$ to proce$1 z we 
?\ght ?is might help  u on our way4 ,z  
he %ook h&s he said1 z our int]pret]    
expla9$1  #8,travel1 travel1 always     
travel until ! fronti] is pass$6'       
,exasp]at$ by ! num]\s delays1 &        
appreh5sive t our /ay 9  ,g]many might  
atta9 "s mann] ( p]man5cy if fur!r      
hesitation  m>k$ our pa?1 we drove )    
great spe$ :5 on ! op5 road4 ,b  rapid  
progress 0 n cont9u\s4 ,two days be=e we
 _h f\nd progress  sl[ ow+ to civilian  
patrols 9 villages & at cross-roads1 b  
n[ ! vigilance ( ! ,g]man p seem$ to h  
d\bl$4 ,x 0  necess>y to sl[ d[n "s     
di/ance f ^! po/s1 if "o desir$ to      
avoid ov]-zeal\s %ots4 ,five miles 0    
p]haps ! longe/ /age ov]  :i* our j\rney
 0 un9t]rupt$4    ,9 "s villages ! p 7  
pleasant & believ$ our /atem5ts1 9  o!rs
 we 7 receiv$ ) suspicion t ev5 our     
sign$ note f !  ,comm&ant at ,m9d5 did n

 entirely allay4    ,b no?+ worse ?an   
m5tal discom=t came to u until we rea*$ 
,old5dorf1 a l>ge village "s ?irty-five 
kilometres f ,osnabruck4  ,! road 0     
b>ricad$ half a mile %ort ( ! fir/      
h\ses1 & we  7 held up at ?is po9t until
 ! #8,hauptmann' arriv$ to inspect  u4  
,:ile we wait$ a tall ?9 man1 we>+ ov] 8
 ord9>y clo!s  a long blue smock1       
app>5tly a f>m lab\r] by trade1 h>angu$ 
!  cr[d fev]i%ly1 ge/iculat+ ! :ile ) a 
pit*=k4 ,he did n  seem to l u4 ,keat+1 
^: spirits 7 /ill high1 laugh$ at him  &
 made matt]s worse4 ,! oration _h no    
imm$iate effect1 = :5  ! ,hauptmann1 a  
little fat man 9 a bright blue uni=m1 _h
 se5 u  we 7 p]mitt$ to drive on to !   
village4 ,"h1 at ! beg9n+ (  ! ma9      
/reet1 we f\nd ano!r b>ricade & a l>g]  
cr[d4 ,z we  7 ab\t to pass ! ob/ruction
 ! man ) ! pit*=k arriv$  on a bicycle 9
 a p]fect delirium ( rage4 ,he accus$ u 
( some?+  inexplicable & ! cr[d at once 
dragg$ u f ! c>4 ,i 0 made to  walk 9   
/ate ) ! village policeman1 :o _h j     

appe>$1 :ile  ,keat+ drove ! c> sl[ly   
beh9d u4 ,an ,engli%-speak+ ,g]man came 
) me & expla9$ t we 7 to be exam9$ by ! 
,burgoma/] at  ! ,t[n ,hall4 ,i _h almo/
 rea*$ sanctu>y1 accompani$ by a l>ge & 
curi\s cr[d1 :5 ! fanatic ) ! pit*=k    
aga9 tore up on 8  bicycle &1 purple )  
rage1 accus$ u (1 lit]ally1 #8mak+ plans
  ( citadels & photograph+ ! c\ntry4'   
,at once ! cr[d turn$  aga9/ me4 ,!re 0 
an ugly ru%1 & ,i 0 z ne> exp]i5c+ !    
fate ( ,de ,witt z ,i %all ev] be 9 ?is 
life4 ,be=e ,i 0 m ?an  half-?rottl$ !  
policeman manag$ to get me into ! ,t[n  
,hall1 :]e  ,i c\ld 9 comp>ative        
security li/5 to ! h[ls ( ! mob outside4
    ,keat+1 = "s reason--p]haps because 
he always laugh$--escap$ !  full wra? ( 
! mob1 ?\gh 8 pass5g] spat at him1 & 0  
br\ght  9 safely4    ,! ,burgoma/] 0    
*>m+ &1 :at matt]$ f> m1 0 possess$  (  
inf9ite disc]nm5t4 ,he exam9$ our       
baggage1 n[ fall+ into ru91  & ! c>1 9  
public1 9 a gallant attempt to allay    
suspicion4 ,despite  ?is1 ,i firmly     

believe t ! villag]s ( ,old5dorf w      
believe to  _! dy+ day t we 7 two       
an>*i/s ( ,russian extraction4 ,aft]  an
 anxi\s h\r we 7 all[$ to drive away4   
,at ?is village1 ! day  be=e1 two       
,russians1 disguis$ 9 wom5's clo?+1 _h  
be5 dragg$  f a c> & %ot on ! spot4     
,we _h hop$ to rea* ,osnabruck be=e d>k1
 b x 0 actually t5  o'clock :5 we f9ally
 arriv$ at ! hotel4 ,at ! entrance to ! 
t[n1 :i* we rea*$ %ortly aft] n9e       
o'clock1 we 7 tak5 9  *>ge by a milit>y 
patrol4 ,b ! police alone c\ld give u ! 
necess>y p]mission to travel onw>ds4    
,s1 att5d$ by a ,n4,c4,o41 we drove to !
 head police (fice at  ,osnabruck4 ,aga9
 we 7 made to spread our belong+s on !  
floor &  expla9 ea* scrap ( pap]4 ,!    
deadly %eet ( celluloid we (f]$  to !   
police 9 ! hopes ( end+ ! recurr5t      
tr\ble1 b ) no  effect4 ,full (         
suspicion z to its uses ?\gh !y might   
be1 yet !y  w\ld n take x4    ,we 7     
delay$ "h ab\t tw5ty m9utes be=e we 7   
giv5 p]mission  to /ay at ! ,kais]h(    

,hotel = ! night & to leave ,osnabruck  
e>ly on ! foll[+ morn+4 ,z we left !    
(fice our c> 0 held  up by ! passage (  
sev]al hundr$ ,russian workm5 :o _h be5 
plac$  "u arre/ on ! outbreak ( w> & :o 
7 n[ be+ tak5 to an  int]nm5t camp4     
,deject$ & hopeless !y mov$ mis]ably    
?r\gh  a hiss+ & boo+ cr[d to ! prison  
:i* 0 to be _! home  until peace came   
aga94 ,su* is discipl9e 9 ,g]many t half
 a doz5  policem5 suffic$ to keep ! mob1
 ev] ready to /rike1 at bay4    ,at !   
,kais]h( ,hotel we 7 greet$ ) s+ul> *>m 
by !  proprietor1 :o1 ?\gh a possible   
future enemy1 did n %[ any  suspicion or
 displeasure4 ,nay1 r did he g out ( 8  
way to make u  truly com=table1 he      
himself sup]9t5d+ ! cook+ ( our belat$  
d9n]4    ,:ile we ate !re sat at a table
 ne> by a p>ty ( ,g]man /ud5ts1 :o  )   
mu* noise sang patriotic v]ses & *e]$   
lu/ily ! names (  national h]oes :ile !y
 /eadily drank tank>d aft] tank>d ( be]4
  ,aft] a space !y began to take int]e/ 
9 u4 ,glanc+ f "t to  "t at our table !y

 talk$ excit$ly ( #8,engl&]s' &1 f ! few
  words we c\ld und]/&1 ( our navy4 ,i 0
 v tir$1 & "u !  impression t !y desir$ 
to pick a qu>rel1 ,i w5t to b$ to escape
  tr\ble4 ,keat+1 on ! o!r h&1 sc5t+ an 
imm$iate if a m9or  w>1 refus$ to move &
 did n rea* 8 room until ! e>ly h\rs (  
! morn+4 ,x appe>s t f> f desir+ to     
annoy u !y wi%$  u to jo9 !m4 ,?is      
,keat+ did & a %ort conv]sation 9 ,fr5* 
foll[$4 ,! use ( ?is language 0 quickly 
bann$ z unpatriotic &  a curi\s b       
wond]ful v]sion ( ,engli% 0 sub/itut$4  
,!y 7  "u ! impression t ,engl& 0 ab\t  
to become ,g]many's ally4  ,?us comb9$ !
 two nations 7 to dom9ate ! _w 9 ! mann]
  indicat$ to u by sev]al o!rs dur+ our 
travels4 ,^! views1 s  soon to fade1    
s]v$ to create a tempor>y fri5d%ip      
betwe5 ,keat+ &  ! /ud5ts1 :i* end$     
%ortly be=e ?ree 9 ! morn+ ) !  jo9t    
humm+ ( #8,god ,save ! ,k+1' because1 z 
!y said1 #8)\t  words x is ! ,national  
,an!m ( bo? ! relat$ c\ntries4' ,x 0 a  
happy ev5+1 9 t x =m$ s great a contra/ 

to o!r nights (  ! same week4    ,! next
 morn+ we left on ! la/ lap ( our j\rney
 ?r\gh ,g]many  r late1 slightly aft]   
elev5 o'clock1 ow+ to ! enc\rag+        
fri5dl9ess ( ! previ\s night4 ,?is day 0
 ,augu/ #d & 9 hon\r  ( its high de/9y 0
 "o ( sunlit spl5d\r4 ,our innkeep]1 9 !
  smallness ( 8 bill & 8 obvi\s read9ess
 to give cr$it until !  end ( ! w> 9    
case our money _h run %ort1 %[$ t "s    
,g]mans  are n devoid ( ! k9dli] in/9cts
 ( humanity4 ,human nature is !  same ! 
_w ov] by :atev] title ! races may be   
labell$4    ,) usual delays f road      
patrols we pass$ sl[ly ?r\gh ,lott1     
,we/]kappeln1 & ,hv]+haus54 ,9          
,ibb5burg5 we 7 held up by  a long      
patriotic procession1 *iefly ( *ildr5   
dress$ brilliantly  9 :ite1 & c>ry+     
bann]s decorat$ 9 "s cases ) religi\s   
symbols & 9 "s ) ! armorial device (    
,we/phalia4 ,z !y  walk$ !y sang1 ) !   
s(tness ( *ildhood1 songs ( !           
c\ntryside4    ,x 0 pleasant :5 9 ! mid/
 ( our worries to li/5 to ! beat  (     

*ildi% feet & ! e*o ( *ildi% voices     
betwe5 ! l9es (  high n>r[ h\ses ( ?is  
quiet ,we/phalian village4 ,curi\s      
incid5ts1  unimportant 9 !mselves1 rema9
 9 "o's memory = all "t4    ,we _h      
int5d$ to drive out ( ! c\ntry ?r\gh    
,b5!im1 ! same  r\te by :i* we ent]$4 ,b
 :5 ! police exam9$ u at ,rhe9e1  ?\gh  
!y %[$ no desire to deta9 u1 !y told u t
 we mu/  div]t our c\rse ?r\gh          
,burg/e9furt & leave ,g]many by ,gronau1
  rea*+ ,ens*$e 9 ,holl&4 ,?is meant a  
j\rney increas$ by =ty  miles1 a s]i\s  
matt] "u ! !n exi/+ critical conditions4
    ,! fir/ few miles out ( ,rhe9e pass$
 by ) surpris+ ease4  ,!n z we pass$    
along a /raight /ret* ( road close to   
,o*trup  we 7 /opp$ by a patrol /&+ or r
 reel+ 9 front ( a  public-h\se4 ,^!    
half-doz5 m51 bor$ ) inaction1 _h       
improv$  ! %9+ h\r by dr9k+ be] until   
all ! _w seem$ *ang$4  ,!y 7 arm$       
heavily ) anci5t rifles1 ea* obvi\sly   
load$4 ,our  un=tunate belong+s 7 aga9  
dragg$ into view & a hil>i\s  exam9ation

 foll[$1 ! :ile two ( ! m drunk5 m5 tri$
 to  %[ _! belief t we 7 good fell[s by 
kiss+ u bo? )  be]y en?usiasm4 ,f9ally1 
we 7 all[$ to g amid/ _! drunk5  *e]s4  
,we _h cov]$ ab\t half a mile :5 sev]al 
bullets :i/l$  by1 despat*$ by our late 
fri5ds z a fur!r tok5 ( _! joy\s  sport+
 in/9cts6 ,none hit u & we pass$ on into
 ,o*trup1 :]e !  mo/ amaz+ incid5t ( all
 befell u4 ,we 7 tak5 into ! ,t[n ,hall 
& 7 pass$ z unsuspici\s :51 sudd5ly1 !  
mann] ( our captors  *ang$ f smiles to  
fr[ns4 ,a *auffeur _h arriv$ :o swore t 
he  recognis$ u z two suspects :o _h    
escap$ f cu/ody at ,buck$orf1  a village
 "s miles on ! ,b]l9 side ( ,m9d54 ,no?+
 c\ld %ake  him 9 8 accusation & ?+s    
look$ unutt]ably black = u4 ,temp]s  are
 ha/y :5 w> is ! common occupation1 &   
s5t5ces ( dea? at  ! wor/ are only      
#8regrettable mi/akes' :5 too mu* ha/e  
has be5  us$4 ,"s op5 packets (         
c>tridges on ! table add$ no?+ to !     
pleasure ( our feel+s4 ,a woman1 :o     
alone c\ld speak ,engli% ) any  flu5cy1 

0 br\ght 9 to translate & %e1 too1 did  
little to improve  our position4 ,f h]  
attitude "o supposes %e _h met          
incivility 9  ,engl& dur+ h] visit to   
our c\ntry4    ,sudd5ly x /ruck u t     
p]haps ! man _h se5 u at ,m9d51 & z  we 
_h a pass f t t[n all w\ld be well if we
 c\ld conv9ce him  ( 8 mi/ake4 ,to our  
joy he at once admitt$ t he 0 wrong & we
  7 p]mitt$ to leave4    ,on arrival at 
,gronau we f\nd t ! c> mu/ rema9 9      
,g]many1 s  we drove to ! /ation 9 ord] 
to f9d out :e!r tra9s /ill ran4  ,"h1 to
 our surprise1 we 7 aga9 arre/$ by !    
,cu/oms au?orities  & 7 haul$ be=e !    
,burgoma/] & "s local c\ncillors4 ,we   
_h z translator a ,g]man-,am]ican :o1   
unpleasant 9 8 prosp]\s  appe>ance1     
sugge/$ we %\ld answ] ! que/ions 9 a way
 prompt$  by him4 ,?is we refus$1 z !   
object ( ly+ did n appe> cle> to  u4 ,x 
0 well1 z lat] x appe>$ t "o at lea/ (  
^? pres5t  c\ld speak ,engli% ) ease4   
,at ?is /age 9 ! j\rney appe>$ "o ( ^?  
amaz+ co9cid5ces  t occur z "o passes   

?r\gh life4 ,z our names 7 giv5 9 !     
c\rse ( ! writt5 evid5ce1 an old        
c\ncillor ask$ me 9 ,engli% if  ,i came 
f ,lanca%ire4 ,:5 ,i admitt$ ?is he said
 t =ty ye>s  be=e he _h be5 work+ 9 t   
c\nty & dur+ t "t he _h  be5 befri5d$ by
 a man ( my "n4 ,x appe>$ on a fur!r    
description  t ?is good ,sam>itan 0     
closely relat$ to me6 ,?is =tunate      
incid5t _h1 ,i am sure1 "s effect on our
 position4    ,9 ! end ! ,burgoma/]     
telephon$ to ! ,g4,o4,c4 at ,mun/]1     
putt+  our case z fav\rably z possible1 
& describ+ u z ,am]icans4  ,p]mission 0 
giv5 by ?is high] au?ority = our        
release4 ,a local  mill own] :o _h giv5 
u e assi/ance g>ag$ ! c>1 &  und]took to
 take c>e ( x4 ,?us did we "p 9 a       
fri5dly mood4    ,an h\r lat] we ent]$  
,ens*$e aft] a long argum5t ) ! ,cu/oms 
(fic]1 :o ?\ght u too dirty to be       
respectable4 ,next day f\nd u at  !     
,hague1 :]e1 9 our rags b happy1 we d9$ 
at ! ,htel des ,indes4  ,"h we read !   
,times & he>d ( ! decl>ation ( w>4 ,t   

night  we cross$ to ,h>wi*4           99
       99       99       99       99    
,note4--,keat+ on arrival 9 t[n appli$ =
 & 0 giv5 a commission  9 ! ,royal ,fly+
 ,corps4 ,lat] he transf]r$ to ! ,iri%  
,gu>ds4 ,on  ,janu>y #bj1 #aiae1 he 0   
kill$ 9 ,france dur+ bomb+ practice by  
! premature explosion ( a bomb :i* he 0 
us+ = demon/ration  purposes4 ,s end$ a 
life ( en?usiasm4 ,! _w lo/ a v gallant 
g5tleman 9 ,h>ry ,%eehy ,keat+4 ,yet    
,at ! door ( life1 at ! gate ( brea?    
,!re are worse ?+s wait+ = m5 ?an dea?4 
,,jan ,,issel4      ,9 ! mon? ( ,augu/  
#aiad ,mr4 ,haseld9e ( ,culme ,h\se 9   
,s\? ,devon  0 z cle>ly p]suad$ z e o!r 
patriotic ,briton t we _h got  to beat !
 ,g]mans1 co/ :at x might1 & :at x might
 *ance to  co/ him individually he well 
knew1 8 only son be+ an (fic] 9 !       
,gu>ds4 ,s he 0 sc>cely dispos$ to      
sympa?ise ) a man :o1 hav+  no less ?an 
f\r sons1 made x a great grievance t !  
y\nge/ (  !m 0 ?reat5+ to enli/4        
#8,:at d y expect me to say to ! lad1   

,issel8' he ask$ ( ! ruddy1  grey-be>d$ 
t5ant :o _h come to beg 8 aid4 #8,i c't 
tell him he is  wrong if he wants to    
fight = 8 c\ntry4'    #8,aw1 'tidd5 t1  
,squire1' return$ ,f>m] ,issel1 %ak+ 8  
head4 #8,i  don't b'lieve z ,jan feels a
 call to g an' fight no m'n :at 8       
bro!rs du2 b a's t qu>e an' op9ionat$ u 
c't make no?9' (  un4 ,c't sp>e un      
nay!r1 ) h>ve/ com9' on an' all1 t's !  
trew?4'    ,x 0 c]ta9ly ! tru? t lab\r 0
 sc>ce & t ! mom5t  0 ill *os5 = )draw+ 
a pair ( /rong arms f ,bratton  ,f>m4   
,moreov]1 ^? 7 ! e>ly days ( ! w>1 :5 x 
_h n  yet become app>5t t ,engl& mu/    
raise & equip a huge =ce4  ,!re=e1 aft] 
"s fur!r p>ley1 ,mr4 ,haseld9e promis$ t
 he  w\ld give "y ,john ,issel a ^w or  
two ( s\nd advice1 &1 )  t end 9 view1  
he sugge/$ to 8 daught] ,mildr$1 a few  
h\rs  lat]1 t !y %\ld make ,bratton ,f>m
 ! object ( _! cu/om>y  aft]noon ride4  
,x 0 beautiful1 hot wea!r1 promis+ well 
= ! approa*+  h>ve/1 & z ,mr4 ,haseld9e 
jogg$ ?r\gh ! lanes1 on ei!r side  ( :i*

 7 broad fields ( rip5+ oats & b>ley1 he
 rem>k$ to  8 companion1 ) a laugh & a  
sigh1 t "s p didn't "k :5  !y 7 well (f4
 ,patriotism 0 "r en\gh1 & he w\ld be ! 
la/  to disc\rage x2 yet be=e a man     
decid$ to plunge into all ! trials  &   
mis]ies ( a campaign he ought at lea/ to
 make sure t 8 duty  did n lie ne>]     
home4    ,& some?+ ( t sort 0 :at !     
,squire pres5tly said to a slim1        
d>k-ey$ "y man :o1 turn+ r\nd at ! s\nd 
( ! horses' ho(s1  rais$ 8 arms f ! gate
 ov] :i* he _h be5 lean+ & t\*$  8 hat4 
,jan ,issel li/5$ respectfully1 appe>$  
to be a little  tr\bl$1 & _h no v       
def9ite answ] to make4 ,:at c\ld be     
ga!r$  0 t 8 "m _h be5 press+ him h>d1 t
 he did n want to  vex h]--nor yet      
nobody else--b t he reckon$ he w\ld h to
 g all  ! same4 ,oh1 n until aft] h>ve/1
 = sure2 he _h giv5 a promise  to t     
effect & w\ld keep x4    #8,q "r1 my    
boy1' said ,mr4 ,haseld9e1 ga!r+ up 8   
re9s4  #8,?9k x well ov]2 don't be 9 a  
hurry4 ,y may be want$ at ! front       

by-&-by1 & s may y\r bro!rs2 we don't   
any ( u "k yet :at  lies be=e u4 ,b = ! 
pres5t x seems to me t y're m  want$ :]e
 y are4 ,n[1 ,mildr$1 if y'll wait "h = 
me1 ,i'll be  ) y aga9 9 a few m9utes4  
,i mu/ j see ,issel & tell him ab\t     
sev]al ?+s t ,i =got to m5tion ?is      
morn+4'    ,?us ,miss ,haseld9e 0 left 9
 ! company ( a y\? ( ^: exi/5ce  %e _h  
hi!rto be5 b vaguely aw>e1 b ^: h&some  
face &  great sad eyes made appeal to   
h]4 ,%e began to "q him1 &1 ei!r        
because h] pretty face & k9dly blue eyes
 made appeal to him or  because ( "s    
subtle sugge/ion ( sympa?y 9 h] voice1  
he spoke )  a good deal m ease & op5ness
 ?an he _h %[n 9 reply+ to h]  fa!r4 ,x 
0 n only ! outbreak ( w>1 he confess$1 t
 _h put  x into 8 head to take up       
soldi]+4 ,_m & _m a "t be=e _h  he ?\ght
 ( t way ( escape f ,bratton--because x 
0 f ,bratton  t he ye>n$ to escape4 ,no1
 he hadn't no tr\ble1 )\t y c\ld  call x
 tr\ble to be uneasy 9 y\r m9d2 only he 
felt z if he mu/ get  away4    #8,i     

c\ldn't expla9 x to y1 miss2 ,i hav5't  
no p[] o' language4  ,happ5 ,i'm        
unrasonable1 z "m says4 ,dick & ,tom &  
,bob !y don't  ask no bett]'n to pl\gh  
an' s[ an' reap ye> 91 ye> out2 b ) me  
'tis diff]5t4 ,reckon z ,i'd g maz$ if  
,i 0 to /op home = always4'    #8,i "k  
:at is ! matt] ) y1' said ,miss         
,haseld9e1 smil+2  #8y're bor$4'        
,well1 t might be4 ,! ^w 0 n includ$ 9  
,jan's sl5d]  vocabul>y1 b p]haps he 0  
capable ( ! s5sation4 ,miss ,haseld9e   
told him t %e 0 & t a va/ numb] ( p]sons
 7 simil>ly  afflict$4 ,! recognis$     
rem$y 0 "w2 b1 = obvi\s reasons1 t  0 n 
applicable to 8 case4 ,h[ ab\t read+ z a
 div]sion8 ,did he  ev] op5 a book8     
,?is *ance %ot unexpect$ly scor$4 ,jan's
 big br[n eyes light5$ up  z he answ]$ t
 he lov$ no?+ 9 ! _w s mu* z books to   
read4 ,un=tunately1 he _h exhau/$ !     
lit]ature ( ,bratton ,f>m1  :i* consi/$ 
( ! ,bible1 sundry !ological works1     
#8,pilgrim's  ,progress1' an an?ology   
entitl$ #8,pe>ls f ! ,poets1' & a few   

dilapidat$ volumes ( ! ,family ,h]ald4  
,miss ,haseld9e said %e c\ld introduce  
him to a r wid] circle (  writ]s ?an t4 
#8,come up to ! h\se aft] d9n] ?is ev5+ 
&  ,i'll l5d y all ! books y c>e to c>ry
 away4'    ,jan 0 almo/ z grateful to ! 
"y lady z a />v+ man w\ld  h be5 = a    
loaf ( bread2 yet x 0 p]haps r h] looks 
&  h] voice ?an h] k9d (f] t compell$ 8 
gratitude4 ,hi!rto  nobody _h und]/ood  
him--:i* 0 ! less surpris+ because he _h
  "s difficulty 9 und]/&+ himself--& he 
_h obs]v$ a g5]al  disposition to treat 
him ) ! indulg5ce accord$ to ! m5tally  
defici5t4 ,b "h at la/ 0 a beautiful1   
b5efic5t be+ :o n  only did n call him a
 fool b cle>ly %[$1 )\t actually say+   
s1 t %e ent]$ into 8 feel+s & %>$ !m4   
,he _h (t5 se5  h] be=e1 9 *ur* &       
else:]e1 b did n rememb] ev] to h  he>d 
h] speak4 ,aft] %e & h] fa!r _h ridd5   
away1 he dropp$  8 elb[s ^u ! gate once 
m & = "s "t ?\ght ab\t h]  dreamily1 ) a
 pleasantly w>m$ he>t1 wond]+ :y he _h  
nev]  be=e notic$ h] physical beauty4   

,!n he /ret*$ himself & /rode  (f to get
 ! c[s 9 = milk+4    ,mildr$ ,haseld9e1 
if sc>cely beautiful1 0 z pretty z gold5
 hair1  =get-me-n blue eyes1 & neat     
little features c\ld make h]4  ,b5efic5t
 %e might fairly be call$1 inasmu* z %e 
0 always glad  to d a good turn to h]   
neighb\rs1 & ?is f>m lad1 ) 8 odd  crav+
 = m5tal n\ri%m5t & 8 rebellion aga9/ ! 
monotony  ( agricultural life1 int]e/$  
h]4 ,s z soon z %e rea*$ home  %e laid !
 libr>y %elves "u contribution1 select+ 
#8,ivanhoe1'  ,t5nyson's ,poems1        
,c>lyle's #8,pa/ & ,pres5t' & ,fit*ett's
 #8,de$s t  ,won ! ,empire1' z be+ a    
suffici5tly compreh5sive bat* to beg9   
)1 & h&$ ! volumes to h] maid ,judi?1 ) 
in/ructions t  !y 7 to be giv5 to "y    
,john ,issel1 if he %\ld call = !m4  ,%e
 obs]v$ t ,judi? blu%$2 b ! circum/ance 
made no impression  ^u h]1 ,judi?'s     
blu%es be+ frequ5t & = ! mo/ "p devoid (
  cause4    ,z a matt] ( fact1 ,judi?   
,combe _h "s excuse = exhibit+          
self-consci\sness at ! s\nd ( ,jan      

,issel's "n4 ,n v mu*1 x  is true2 = 9  
h] class ( life ! fact ( #8walk+ out' ) 
a "y  man on ,sunday aft]noons is n held
 to commit ei!r ( ! walk]s to  subsequ5t
 matrimony1 & c]ta9ly ,jan did n consid]
 himself 9 any  way pl$g$ to ,judy      
,combe1 :om he _h *os5 m]ely because1 l 
8  bro!rs & ev]ybody else1 he _h to h a 
female companion ( "s  sort4 ,he lik$ ! 
g5tle1 demure lass1 0 indiff]5tly aw>e t
  %e 0 nice-look+ 7%e 0 9 reality       
decid$ly pretti] ?an ,miss  ,haseld9e71 
& ev5 suppos$ t he might m>ry h] "s day4
 ,b t1  ( c\rse1 w\ld only be if he %\ld
 /ay at ,bratton1 in/ead ( go+  out into
 ! wide _w--a cont+5cy :i* he nev] c>$  
to contemplate4    ,an access ( %yness  
l$ him to ask = ,judi? :5 he w5t up to !
  great h\se t ev5+2 b he 0 j a trifle  
disappo9t$ :5  %e jo9$ him1 be>+ !      
promis$ armful ( lit]ature1 & :5 he     
realis$ t he 0 n to see 8 b5efactress4  
,no?+1 h[ev]1  =bade him to talk ab\t   
h]1 nor did he say mu* ab\t anybody or  
any?+ else dur+ an int]view :i* took    

place by />light 9 !  /able-y>d4 ,judi?1
 :o 0 greatly atta*$ to h] mi/ress1 0 z 
laudatory z c\ld be wi%$1 if n          
p>ticul>ly in=m+4 ,miss ,mildr$  0      
always do+ k9d ?+s2 s ,judi? did n ?9k x
 /range t %e  %\ld l5d books to ,jan    
,issel if he want$ !m2 ?\gh x 0 p]haps  
r /range t he %\ld want !m4 ,%e timidly 
intimat$ z mu*1  b receiv$ no answ]4 ,x 
01 ( c\rse1 impossible to expla9 to     
,judy  ,combe :at ! pr9t$ page meant to 
"o :o 0 consum$ ) curiosity  respect+ ! 
_w 9 :i* we dwell & :o _h no            
opportunities (  com+ into contact ) a  
v]bal int]pret]4 ,x w\ld likewise h  be5
 difficult to br+ home to h] ! motives t
 su* a man might  h = adopt+ ! pr(ession
 ( arms2 s t subject also 0  left       
unt\*$4 ,= ! re/1 ,jan 0 eag] to say    
good-night1 be+  /ill m eag] to discov] 
:at ,miss ,mildr$ ?\ght him capable (   
appreciat+4    ,miss ,mildr$1 x may be  
conjectur$1 _h n giv5 a great deal (    
?\ght to ! matt]2 b %e be/[$ q z mu*    
pleasure ^u h]  protg z if %e _h4 ,t    

night & on sev]al successive nights     
,jan sat up1 dev\r+ ! volumes by ! light
 ( a s+le c&le  long aft] all ! o!r     
inmates ( ! f>m 7 asleep4 #8,ivanhoe1'  
:i* 0 pretty pla9 sail+1 delight$ him1 z
 did also ,fit*ett's  /irr+ & admirably 
relat$ y>ns4 ,if he c\ld n always make  
out  :at ,t5nyson 0 driv+ at1 he lov$ ! 
rhy?m & melody ( 8  v]se1 j z he lov$ ! 
sonor\s gr&eur ( c]ta9 *apt]s 9  ,isaiah
 & ,ecclesia/es1 ! mean+ ( :i* 0        
completely hidd5 f  him4 ,9 l mann]     
?\s&s ( p d]ive g5u9e enjoym5t f  li/5+ 
to a symphony1 al?\gh !y are ignorant ( 
! /ructure  ( su* compositions & _c     
really foll[ !m4 ,b1 oddly en\gh1  x 0 )
 ,c>lyle t ,jan 0 be/ pleas$4 ,! bygone 
abuses &  social anomalies aga9/ :i*    
#8,pa/ & ,pres5t' ?und]s naturally  said
 no?+ to him1 nor c\ld he trace mu*     
connection betwe5 !m  & ! *ronicle (    
,jocel9 ( ,brakelond4 ,x mu/ also be    
admitt$  t he skipp$ a good _m pages4   
,:at r\s$ him to en?usiasm 0  n !       
writ]'s !me b 8 ma/]y ( language & !    

magnific5t1  disda9ful c>elessness ) :i*
 he display$ x1 z ?\gh feel+  himself   
big en\gh to be indep5d5t ( all rules4  
,jan ,issel1 x mu/  be suppos$1 possess$
 ! lit]>y s5se--:i* inde$1 l e  o!r     
arti/ic s5se1 is inborn1 n to be        
acquir$4 ,:5 he w5t  to ,culme ,h\se to 
return ! books & beg = m1 he tri$1 n    
ov]-successfully1 to express to ,miss   
,mildr$ 7:o receiv$ him ?is  "t & took  
him into ! libr>y7 ! int5sity ( 8       
admiration =  a philosoph] :o is        
commonly consid]$ to be above ! heads ( 
!  simple4    #8,a girt man1 miss1' he  
said--#8a p[]ful man6'    #8,oh1 yes1'  
agre$ ,mildr$1 surpris$ & amus$1        
#8he's--picturesque4  ,h>dly at 8 be/ 9 
8,pa/ & ,pres5t10 ?\gh4 ,i'll l5d y 8   
8,fr5* ,revolution10 :i* is mu* m       
int]e/+4'    ,mo/ leisur$ read]s require
 a consid]able l5g? ( "t to assimilate  
t "w2 ,jan1 :o _h practically no leisure
 betwe5 sunrise &  sunset1 got ?r\gh x 9
 a week4 ,he read x1 z he read mo/      
works1  ) only a dim compreh5sion b )   

great cont5tm5t4 ,cont5tm5t1  9 fact1 0 
! bless+ be/[$ ^u him by ,miss          
,haseld9e's happy  inspiration2 s t he  
spoke no m ( jo9+ ! ,army1 :ile %e  0   
rew>d$ by ! respectful ?anks ( 8 p>5ts4 
,f ,jan himself  %e receiv$ some?+ m ?an
 ?anks & respect4 ,x 01 no d\bt1        
natural en\gh t 8 imag9ation1 fir$ by ! 
novels & plays  :i* %e prescrib$ z      
occasional alt]natives to hi/orical     
/udy1  %\ld clo! h] ) ! attributes ( a  
h]o9e ( romance4 ,8  cont5tm5t1 = t     
matt]1 0 p]haps z mu* ! outcome ( talks 
) ,miss ,mildr$ z ( commun+s ) au?ors :o
 by !mselves might  r h t5d$ to increase
 ! lat5t disquietude :i* !y 7  suppos$  
to h allay$4 ,^! talks became frequ5t   
dur+ ! autumn  weeks1 occasion = !m be+ 
will+ly suppli$ by a "y lady :o  c\ld n 
help f9d+ ,jan ,issel unusual & int]e/+4
 ,he came out1  e n[ & !n1 ) ! qua9te/1 
! mo/ orig9al1 ! mo/  poetical rem>ks1 &
 if 8 he>] sometimes _h a little inw>d  
laugh1  %e 0 v c>eful n to let h]       
features betray h]2 because 8           

s5sitiv5ess 0 no less manife/ ?an 8     
timid devotion4 ,to inspire             
devotion--especially :5 x is timid--is  
seldom disagreeable to any "y  lady2 s  
,miss ,mildr$ (t5 ov]took ,jan 9 ! lanes
 or summon$ him to  ! h\se2 & ?is 0     
really k9d ( h]1 see+ t %e1 :o _h s  mu*
 to fill h] ?\ghts j !n1 might well h   
be5 excus$ if %e  _h =gott5 all ab\t a  
que]1 dreamy f>m lad4 ,= ^? 7 ! days  9 
:i* ! long battle ( ! ,aisne 0 develop+1
 & al?\gh h]  bro!r ,frank _h ?us f>    
escap$ dea? or w\nds1 bad news ( him &  
o!rs might come at any mom5t4    ,9     
,jan's ?\ghts !re 0 n mu* room = ! w> & 
its  vicissitudes4 ,!re w\ld h be5 no   
room 9 !m at all = ,judi?  ,combe if %e 
_h n enjoy$ ! prov]bial privilege ( liv+
 ne> !  rose1 :i* entail$ ! m dubi\s "o 
( he>+ ! rose extoll$  )\t int]mission  
dur+ ^? ,sunday walks :i* at an e>li]   
p]iod  _h be5 s l>gely taciturn4 ,b     
,judi? 0 a long-suff]+ little  s\l1 & x 
0 only aft] mu* hesitation t %e v5tur$  
to ask3    #8,ba9't 'ee gett9' tu fond (

 h]1 ,jan8'    ,jan r$d5$ all ov] 8 face
 & neck4 #8,tu fond o' ,miss ,mildr$6   
,:at  be dram9' ab\t !n8 ,d 'ee ?9k a   
dog c get tu fond o' ! sun8  ,y'm talk9'
 prop] nons5se1 ,judy4'    ,nev]!less1  
,judi?'s words came to him z a %ock & a 
revelation1  ov] :i* he pond]$ = h\rs   
aft]w>ds4 ,at fir/ he 0 a%am$  ( 8      
audacity & felt z if he _h be5 guilty ( 
"s unp>donable  outrage2 b by degrees he
 arriv$ at a diff]5t view ( ! matt]4    
,:at if he did love a human goddess8 ,:5
 all 0 said1 he c\ld n help  x4 ,! v]ie/
 cur1 accord+ to 8 own homely metaphor1 
may bask 9  ! sun1 & %e c\ld n be       
displeas$ by :at w\ld c]ta9ly nev] be   
reveal$ to h]4 ,x 0 8 secret1 :i* he 0  
surely free to *]i%1  )\t ! lea/ %ad[ ( 
hope1 mu* z c]ta9 sixte5?-c5tury poets  
*]i%$ a passion = ,que5 ,elizabe?1 or   
said !y did4 ,b ! fact  ( be+ )\t %ad[ (
 hope--z ( c\rse he 0--did n preclude   
indulg5ce 9 ec/atic visions4 ,8 mobile  
imag9ation enabl$ him to see  himself   
e>n+ lit]>y r5[n 7l ! peasant ,rob]t    

,burns1 p]haps71  ris+ by virtue ( !    
same to a position ( admitt$ equality ) 
!  highe/ 9 ! l& & /ripp+ ! laurels f 8 
br[ to lay !m  at ,mildr$'s feet4 ,su*  
?+s c\ld n come to pass1 & he knew t  !y
 c\ld n2 yet he lik$ to picture !m &    
might plead t 8  fancies 7 z h>mless z 8
 love4    ,h>mless bo? may h be52 only  
bo? contribut$ to br+ ab\t a  return ( 8
 old re/lessness4 ,he 0 n[ emb>rass$ 9  
conv]s+ )  ,miss ,mildr$2 he c\ld n get 
rid ( a haunt+ dread t %e might  suspect
 8 s5tim5ts 7%e 0 p]haps n s f> f       
suspect+ !m  z he ?\ght71 & !n h[ w\ld  
he ev] d>e to look h] 9 ! face  aga98 ,m
 & m evid5t 0 x to him t he mu/ leave ! 
f>m1  t he w\ld h to g "s day & t he _h 
bett] g soon4 ,add$  to ?is1 8 bro!rs 7 
beg9n+ to talk ab\t donn+ khaki4 ,)\t   
say+ any?+ to _! fa!r1 !y discuss$ ! "q 
among/  !mselves & agre$ t if #8?' old  
w>' 0 go+ to la/ ano!r  ye>1 z !        
newspap]s said x 01 !y c\ld n dec5tly   
keep out (  x4 ,x 0 impossible = all (  
!m to g1 t 0 c]ta92 b "o1  or ev5 two1 (

 !m might4 ,! y\nge/ !y exclud$1 n only 
because  #8"m w\ldn't niv] "p ) 'un1' b 
because he 0 und]/ood  to h be5 cur$ (  
milit>y hank]+s4 ,?us x became pla9 t   
procra/9ation w\ld only place fre%      
ob/acles 9 ,jan's pa?4    ,x 0 on a grey
 morn+ 9 ,octob] t he 0 acco/$ by a     
recruit+  s]geant at ,exet]1 :i!r he _h 
be5 s5t to dispose ( "s /e]s1  & !re 0  
no ne$ to impress ^u him t ,fl&]s 0 ! "r
  place = a likely "y *ap )\t           
encumbrances4 ,he intimat$ t  t 0 8 own 
view & ask$ :e!r he c\ld h a c\ple (    
days  #8to w9d up l4' ,?ree1 if he *ose1
 ! pleas$ s]geant repli$2 b  he said two
 w\ld be en\gh4 ,!y might ev5 be        
excessive1 he ?\ght1  = al?\gh old ,mrs4
 ,issel 0 a fond "m1 %e _h a #8t>rible  
p[]  o' spa*e' :5 aggriev$2 b he c\ld n 
g (f to ! w>s )\t  tak+ leave ( ,miss   
,mildr$1 & he want$ to make sure ( a    
f>ewell  audi5ce4 ,m ) t end 9 view ?an 
because he recognis$ any claim  t ,miss 
,mildr$'s maid might h ^u him1 he m>*$  
up to ,culme  ,h\se ! same ev5+ &       

briefly in=m$ ,judi? t he _h tak5 !     
,k+'s %ill+4    #8,aw1 ma de> s\l6' cri$
 ! girl1 ?r[+ up h] h&s 9 dismay1  #8:at
 iv] did 'ee du t vur8'    ,x 0 a ?+1   
,jan answ]$1 t _h to be done--a ?+ t e  
"y man 9 ,engl& w\ld be do+ be=e long1  
by :at he _h he>d  tell4 ,he fur!r      
attempt$ to expla9 :y = him 9 p>ticul> x
 0  ess5tial to break fre% gr\nd2 b1 n  
mak+ mu* ( a success (  ?is & notic+1   
moreov]1 t ,judi? 0 n li/5+1 he desi/$4 
,judi? 0 cry+ s(tly1 & t gave him a pa9 
at 8 he>t4 ,8  "m also1 in/ead ( scold+ 
him1 z he _h expect$ h] to d1 _h  wept1 
?r[+ h] apron ov] h] head & rock+ h]self
 to & fro1  :ile 8 fa!r1 aft] "o %ort1  
angry outbur/1 _h abruptly fall5  sil5t 
& _h walk$ out ( ! h\se ) b[$ %\ld]s4 ,x
 is cruel  to h to hurt p l t2 b--:at c 
"o d8 ,he did 8 be/  to com=t poor      
little ,judy1 :o 0 afraid #8!y pesky    
,g]mans' w\ld  kill him--:i* inde$ did n
 seem unlikely--b :o tri$ to recov] a   
*e]ful c\nt5ance & assur$ him t %e      
und]/ood ev]y?+4 ,he  c\ld n1 ( c\rse1  

believe t %e did1 & w\ld h be5 q  sorry 
if %e _h2 /ill he 0 grateful to h] = be+
 s brave ab\t  x & = readily promis+ to 
deliv] a message to ,miss ,mildr$4      
,he _h ?\ght--p]haps half hop$--t ,miss 
,mildr$ w\ld reproa* him  a little =    
hav+ s sudd5ly tak5 a /ep f :i* he _h   
be5  dissuad$ by h]2 b :5 %e met him on 
! morr[ %e did no?+ (  ! k9d4           
,circum/ances alt] cases2 ! c\ntry n[   
ne$$ all :o 7  fit to s]ve2 %e assum$ t 
,jan _h be5 actuat$ by patriotic motives
  & _h only praise & congratulations =  
him4    #8,h[ pr\d we %all all be ( y if
 y come back ) a ,v4,c4 or an  (fic]'s  
commission6' %e exclaim$4 #8,no?+ is    
impossible 9 w> "t1  y "k4'    ,jan     
smil$ & %ook 8 head1 b1 he (t5 ?\ght (  
h] words  aft]w>ds & made !m ! nucleus (
 innum]able day-dreams4 ,:at  he long$ =
 at ! "t 0 "s h9t ( regret on h] "p1 "s 
intimation t %e w\ld miss him a little4 
,h[ev]1 %e did n seem  to ?9k t !re 0   
any?+ to regret1 & x 0 absurd to suppose
  t 8 dep>ture c\ld make any diff]5ce to

 h]4 ,:y %\ld x8 ,"o  ?+1 at any rate1  
%e said :i* 0 z delightful z x 0        
un=ese54    #8,y mu/ let me he> f y1    
,john4 ,write (t5 & at great l5g?1      
please1 & tell me exactly h[ ev]y?+     
/rikes y4 ,answ]8 ,oh1 (  c\rse ,i w1 & 
,i'll s5d y socks & muffl]s & ?+s1 n to 
m5tion books4' ,%e add$1 aft] a mom5t1  
#8,i 0 ?9k+ ( giv+ y  some?+ n[1 only ,i
 don't "k :at y w\ld l to h4'    ,jan   
knew v well :at he w\ld l to h3 :e!r he 
might d>e  to ask = x 0 ano!r "q4       
,h[ev]1 he 0 go+ away & x  0 probable   
en\gh t he w\ld see h] no m2 s he screw$
 up  c\rage to confess t ! mo/ welcome  
gift %e c\ld be/[ ^u him  w\ld be some?+
 t _h belong$ to h]self--maybe ! little 
silv]  p5cil-case :i* he _h s (t5 se5 h]
 use4    ,%e pres5t$ x to him ) a bright
 smile & ) no appe>ance (  ?9k+ him     
presumptu\s4 ,!n %e frankly %ook him by 
! h&1 wi%$  him ! be/ ( luck & left him 
beside ! gate lead+ up to ,bratton      
,f>m1 :]e _! colloquy _h be5 held4 ,at !
 b5d ( ! road %e  turn$ to wave him a   

la/ f>ewell & s disappe>$ into ! mi/y   
twilight4    ,jan rais$ ! preci\s       
p5cil-case to 8 lips1 pu%$ x into 8     
wai/coat pocket & 0 happy4 ,he ev5 told 
himself 9 s _m words  t he 0 happy2 :i* 
is an exp]i5ce ( su* r>ity t ^? to  :om 
x has once come nev] q =get x4 ,jan     
?\ght t if he 7  to be %ot ! next week1 
he w\ld /ill h _h z good a mom5t z  ?ree
 score ye>s & t5 ( life c\ld br+ him4   
,b ( c\rse !re 0 no "q ( 8 be+ %ot !    
next week or  = a great _m weeks to     
come4 ,! tra9+ process ?r\gh :i* he &   
o!r recruits _h to g might h be5 t$i\s  
if he _h n accept$  x z an indisp5sable 
means t[>ds an end1 & if he _h n1 r     
unexpect$ly1 f\nd a c]ta9 pleasure 9 x4 
,! monotony ( drill 0  at lea/ a novel  
species ( monotony2 8 comrades 7 = ! mo/
  "p *e]y1 companionable fell[s1 _m (   
:om diff]$ suffici5tly  f ! types hi!rto
 kn[n to him to /imulate 8 ev] al]t     
curiosity2 ! s]geant :o in/ruct$ !m 9 ! 
use ( ! bayonet _h  semi-jocul>         
anecdotes ( 8 own exp]i5ces to relate   

:i* exhibit$  ! grim visage ( w> z      
wrea!d 9 smiles4 ,ev5 ! v real  h>d%ips 
& discom=ts ( camp life "u p]si/5t1     
pitiless ra9  7 made light ( by ,jan1 :o
 felt himself develop+ into an effici5t 
soldi] day by day & :o inde$ 0 (t5 s+l$ 
out = comm5dation4  ,he wrote regul>ly1 
if briefly1 to ! old p at ! f>m1        
regrett+ t !re 0 s little to say2 yet he
 f\nd pl5ty to say to  ,miss ,mildr$4   
,_h %e n bidd5 him to write #8at great  
l5g?'8 ,^?  c>efully compos$ epi/les (  
81 :i* 7 c\*$ 9 a que] mixture  (       
dialect & high-fl[n language & 9 :i*    
words 7cull$ f !  works ( "s m compet5t 
manipulator ( !m7 7 occasionally us$  9 
a s5se unrecognis$ by ! diction>y1 7 n  
)\t pa?os1 z  %[+ =? a poor mortal      
brimm+ ov] ) ideas & impressions &      
/ruggl+ h>d to be articulate4 ,let u    
hope t _! recipi5t s  int]pret$ !m4 ,h] 
replies1 at any rate1 laconic ?\gh !y 71
  gave ! utmo/ satisfaction to a        
wor%ipp] :o 0 duly s5sible ( h]         
graci\sness 9 deign+ to reply at all4   

,:at 0 n v satisfactory to ,jan 0 t !re 
0 no talk ( !  battalion to :i* he      
belong$ proce$+ to ! front4 ,"s ( ! m5  
pr(ess$ to d\bt :e!r !y w\ld ev] leave !
 c\ntry2 o!rs  _h he>d t !y 7 to get    
m>*+ ord]s 9 ! com+ summ]2  all 7 agre$ 
t !y w\ld h to make ! be/ ( _! sodd5    
camp = sev]al mon?s yet4 ,b no su* trial
 ( pati5ce await$ ,jan1  :o 0 despat*$  
to ,france ) a draft at v %ort notice   
e>ly  9 ,febru>y & :o 0 n long left 9 8 
fir/ halt+-place "s  di/ance beh9d !    
fight+ l9e4 ,8 impressions ( life 9 !   
flood$  tr5*es & ( :at x felt l to be "u
 fire 7 giv5 ) great  simplicity1 ?\gh n
 )\t "h & !re a graphic t\*1 9 !  lett]s
 :i* he aft]w>ds f\nd "t to write to    
,mildr$4 ,?is w>1 he  said1 0 n l any   
o!r w> t he _h ev] he>d or read (4 ,x   
_h _h its glories1 b x did n seem z if x
 0 go+ to h any  m4 ,y\r enemies 7 close
 at h&1 b y c\ldn't get at !m1 nor  yet 
!y c\ldn't get at y4 ,s1 tak5 z a :ole1 
x 0 n excit+4  ,! wor/ "p ( x 0 ! awful 
noise ( ! guns & ! bur/+  %ells1 :i* he 

f\nd m try+ ?an ! wet & cold & ! ugly   
sights ab\t :i* he 0 sure t 8           
correspond5t w\ld n wi% him  to say mu*4
 ,! desolation ( ! ravag$ c\ntry1 !     
wreck$ villages  & f>mh\ses1 ! homeless 
peasants1 ! poor w&]+ dogs &  cats--he  
dwelt on ^! & said t he seem$ to be     
witness+ all !  horrors & mis]ies ( w>  
)\t any ( its gr& spectacul> effects4   
7#8,:]e 9 ! _w did he get 8spectacul>   
effects0 f8' ,mildr$  smil+ly wond]$ :5 
%e read ?is s5t5ce47    #8,& yet1' he   
w5t on1 #8x's a s+ul> ?+ t ,i nev] felt 
at peace  l ,i d n[4 ,i don't "k z ,i c 
make y und]/&1 ,miss--,i'm s bad  at    
sett+ my mean+ d[n--b x keeps com+ ov]  
me t all's z x  %\ld be4 ,p>ticul> at   
nights1 :5 ! cl\ds bl[ away & ,i c look 
up at ! />s4 ,?is planet we live on     
isn't b a v small speck1 &  we1 scrambl+
 ab\t 9 our tr5*es1 z x might be s _m   
emmets1 :at  matt] h[ soon we're gone & 
=gott58 ,ye>s & c5turies pass &  ev]y?+ 
is =gott54 ,s :y worry8 ,& !n ! *aps    
alongside (  me4 ,we don't talk except  

ab\t common ?+s1 only ,i "k !y're feel+ 
! same z ,i d1 :i* draws u toge!r l4    
,maybe x's because (  dea? be+ always   
r\nd ! corn]4 ,d y m9d t poem (         
,kipl+'s1  call$ ,! ,return1 9 "o ( !   
books y l5t me8 ,x's wond]ful true  :at 
he says        8,s mu* m ne> ?an ,i 'ad 
kn[n1        ,s mu* m great ?an ,i 'ad  
guess$--      ,& me1 l all ! re/1       
alone--        ,b rea*9' out to all !   
re/60    ,t's j ! way x /rikes me1 &    
someh[ x seems to make =  peace1 ?\gh ,i
 c\ldn't say :y4'    ,if ,jan _h prob$ &
 analys$ ! s]5ity ( _s :i* he /rove to  
def9e1 he might h discov]$ t x arose    
simply f a s5se t  he 0 do+ 8 duty2 b he
 nev] q arriv$ at t conclusion4  ,:at he
 did conclude--& f\nd humor\sly         
puzzl+--0 t ! place  into :i* he _h     
dropp$ 0 ! "r place = him1 t he mu/     
always h be5 meant to be a soldi]1 n a  
poet nor an imag9ative  writ] nor any ( 
! f9e ?+s t he w\ld h lik$ to be1 b  j a
 private 9 an infantry regim5t4 ,well1  
ev5 s1 ambition ne$ n  be bani%$1 & 8   

*ance ( e>n+ :at ,miss ,mildr$ _h said  
w\ld  make h] pr\d might come any day4  
,he did1 z ! weeks slipp$ on1 obta9     
sundry occasions ( prov+  himself a     
capable fight]2 b ! affairs 9 :i* he 0  
conc]n$ 7  n important en\gh = public   
record4 ,save = ^! sporadic attacks  ^u 
! enemy1 :i* = ! mo/ "p result$ only 9 !
 loss ( a  consid]able numb] ( lives1   
!re 0 no break 9 ! regul> r\t9e  ( s _m 
days 9 ! tr5*es1 foll[$ by a p]iod ( re/
 9 billets1  :5ce he despat*$ 8 lett]s1 
writ+ !m inv>iably ) ! p5cil  :i* 0 8   
mo/ treasur$ possession4    ,x 0 on a   
cold1 fro/y night 9 spr+ t two /aff     
(fic]s1  pass+ along 8 tr5*1 halt$      
beside him1 & "o ( !m call$ out3        
#8,hullo6--hang$ if x isn't ,john       
,issel6 ,well1 ,jan1 'tis a wi%t poor   
job  sodg]9'1 sure en\gh4 ,ba9't x n[8' 
,jan1 /&+ at ! salute1 _h a broad smile 
= ! h&some "y  fell[ :o acco/$ him 9 !  
dialect ( :i* he _h lately be5          
endeav\r+ to rid himself4 ,he did n "k  
mu* ( ,capta9 ,haseld9e1  b he 0 pr\d & 

pleas$ to be recognis$1 & he made reply 
t he  _h no?+ to compla9 ab\t4          
,campaign+1 he add$1 0 tea*+ him a  lot 
( new ?+s4    #8,oh1 x's do+ t = mo/ (  
u1' ,frank ,haseld9e obs]v$1 laugh+4    
#8,ev5 = "s ( our ,g5]als4'    ,he w5t  
on talk+ = a few m9utes ab\t home       
affairs1 rem>k+ 9 an  explanatory       
p>5!sis to 8 companion1 #8,issel comes f
 our p>i%4'  ,!n he said to ,jan #8,y'll
 see ,capta9 ,b]n>d aga9 "o ( ^! days1  
,i hope1 if we all pull ?r\gh4 ,capta9  
,b]n>d is engag$ to be m>ri$  to my si/]
 ,mildr$4'    ,x 0 a little l be+ hit by
 a bullet--a sudd5 ?ump :i* made  y\r   
he>t /& /ill1 yet left y erect & ) an   
in/ant feel+  t y\r fir/ duty 0 to %[ no
 sign ( di/ress4 ,jan %[$ none1  &      
pres5tly ! two (fic]s mov$ on1 leav+ him
 free to ?9k :at  he w\ld b5ea? 8 fri5ds
 ! bl9k+ />s4 ,^! gave him su*  com=t z 
!y _h x 9 _! p[] to be/[4 ,!y said x did
 n  matt]1 because no?+ really matt]s1 &
 to t view 9 ! ab/ract  he c\ld ass5t4  
,b to affirm t s long z 8 little life   

might  la/ x w\ld n matt] t somebody--he
 _h sc>cely look$ at !  man--0 go+ to   
m>ry 8 goddess 0 q va94 ,if ! />s _h    
ask$  :e!r he _h ev] imag9$ t he himself
 c\ld m>ry ,miss ,mildr$1 he  w\ld      
naturally h answ]$ #8,( c\rse n'2 yet1  
h[ev] ridicul\s  & insane x might be1 ! 
tru? 0 t he c\ld n be> ! idea  ( h]     
belong+ to anybody else4 ,s :at x came  
to1 & :at x _h  d\btless be5 b\nd to    
come to f ! outset1 0 t he c\ld n  be>  
conditions :i* 7 altoge!r "r1 reasonable
 & inevitable4  ,jan ,issel 0 n ! fir/  
to f9d himself 9 t =lorn plight4 ,9     
extreme cases x has be5 kn[n to lead to 
suicide2 9 ! va/ majority  x entails    
submission1 m or less facile1 to !      
decrees ( de/9y2  = ,jan x translat$    
itself into a v f]v5t & g5u9e hope t  ! 
,g]mans might wipe him out4 ,he saw     
n[--x may h be5 illogical1  b t made no 
diff]5ce to ! fact--t 8 visions _h be5  
utt]ly  *ildi%1 t he1 an un$ucat$ yokel1
 _h no future & c\ld h  none1 t x w\ld  
be f> bett] = him to end out !re 9      

,fl&]s  ?an to be confront$ "s day ) !  
dire prospect ( a return to  till+ !    
,devon fields & h]d+ ! ,devon cattle4   
,?is mood1 x is true1 did n endure2 = he
 became hazily consci\s  t !re 0 some?+ 
contemptible 9 x & t a "y1 /rong man    
has no bus9ess to wi% himself ext+ui%$4 
,nev]!less1 he _h m  difficulty ?an     
usual 9 compos+ 8 next lett] to ,mildr$1
 9 :i*  he made no allusion to h]       
engagem5t1 ?9k+ t x w\ld be bad  mann]s 
to d s1 s9ce %e _h n m5tion$ x to him4  
,at ! end he  rem>k$3    #8,we lose m5  
mo/ days1 & maybe my turn w come4 ,x is 
good to be  alive1 because ! _w is      
beautiful & wond]ful & because ( "s  ( !
 p 9 x2 b ,i don't ?9k !re c be _m s    
happy t  !y %\ld m9d dy+1 = ,i c't      
believe b :at dea? means re/4'    ,) su*
 p]suasions he 0 well prep>$ to face :at
 0 9 /ore =  him :5 at l5g? 8 battalion 
0 told (f to jo9 9 an engagem5t  on a   
l>ge scale4 ,!y knew v little ab\t x    
beyond ! fact t  ! ,briti% =ces1 aft] a 
r prolong$ spell ( inaction1 7  ab\t to 

resume ! (f5sive & t _! own special job 
w\ld be to  take a position fac+ !m :i* 
0 said to h be5 m9$4 ,t x  _h be5 m9$ ) 
success 0 evid5c$ t[>ds ev5+ by a s]ies 
( t]rific explosions :i* seem$ simply to
 annihilate ! enemy's  def5sive works2 b
 ! infantry 7 held back until a deluge (
 %ell  _h be5 p\r$ into ! ru9s4 ,!n ,jan
 & 8 comrades got ! ord]  to g1 & away  
!y w5t ?r\gh ! twilight smoke & du/1    
meet+  ) no opposition f ! app>5tly     
brok5 foe4 ,! di/ance t  sep>at$ !m f ! 
fir/ l9e ( ho/ile tr5*es 0 trav]s$  9 no
 "t1 & t fir/ l9e1 or :at rema9$ ( x1 0 
occupi$  ) ease2 b 9 ! communication    
tr5*es ! ,g]mans made a /&  :i* result$ 
9 h&-to-h& fight+ ( a really desp]ate   
nature4 ,(  :at 0 tak+ place amid/ t    
tumult & welt] & 9 ! fall+  dusk ,jan _h
 only a confus$ notion2 he suppos$ he   
mu/ be p]=m+  8 %>e ( ! task all "r1    
because somebody sang out1 #8,well done1
  ,issel6' ,he 0 aw>e ( be+ w\nd$1 = !  
w>m blood 0 trickl+  d[n 8 leg & soak+  
?r\gh 8 putties2 b he felt nei!r pa9    

nor weakness4 ,f9ally !re came an abrupt
 lull4 ,! be>d$1 grey-coat$  ,g]mans _h 
vani%$1 & he realis$ t ! next l9e (     
tr5*es _h  be5 c>ri$4 ,he realis$ also1 
= ! second "t 9 8 life1 t he  0 q happy4
 ,:5 he fell 91 =m+ up ) ! remnants ( 8 
%att]$ battalion1 he he>d himself laugh+
 al\d 9 %e] glee--he 0  z happy z t6    
,0 x a victory8 ,x seem$ s2 yet a sudd5 
& viol5t fusillade1  op5+ ^u !m f _!    
left1 caus$ him to glance int]rogatively
  at 8 neighb\r4 ,! man answ]$ 8 unspok5
 qu]y ) a mutt]$  #8,enfilad$1 by ,god6'
 & imm$iately aft]w>ds fell =w>d1 groan+
  & swe>+4 ,b no groan came f ,jan      
,issel1 :om a bullet /ruck  full 9 !    
he>t2 s t he dropp$ & nev] /irr$        
aga9--only "o  among/ ?\s&s :o 7 deliv]$
 t night f ! complications  &           
bewild]m5ts ( a sick _w4    ,to fall    
fight+ = ,engl& 9 ! full tide ( life1 to
 fall1 %ot  ?r\gh ! he>t1 )\t a pang & 9
 a mom5t ( supreme exaltation  is to    
f9i% glori\sly1 enviably4 ,we all "k ?is
 & we all say x1  ?\gh "s ( u p]haps may

 feel t our own he>ts are none !  less  
brok5 = t4 ,h[ev]1 x 0 n to be expect$ t
 ,mildr$  ,haseld9e %\ld be brok5-he>t$ 
:5 ! news came to ,culme ,h\se4 ,%e  0  
mu* di/ress$2 /ill %e c\ld n b recognise
 t !re 7  comp5sat+ circum/ances1 & %e  
w5t ov] at once to ,bratton ,f>m to     
imp>t "s ( ^! to ! poor lad's p>5ts4 ,if
 h] condol5ces 7  n receiv$ 9 q z       
grateful a _s z !y might h be51 %e  c\ld
 & did make all[ances = ! grief-/rick5  
f>m] & 8 wife4  ,old ,issel sc>cely     
li/5$ to :at %e 0 say+1 & cut h] %ort by
  call+ out 9 a l\d1 h>% voice3         
#8,:at did 'a want to g & get hisself   
kill$ vur8 ,d>n !y f\l  ,g]mans6 ,yes1  
,miss1 ,i don't d\bt b y'm sorry1 b x   
ba9't y\r  sorr[ z'll br+ my boy back4' 
,) t he /ump$ out ( ! kit*51 leav+      
,mildr$ to d :at %e  c\ld ) ,mrs4       
,issel1 :i* 0 an ev5 m difficult matt]4 
,= ,mrs4  ,issel1 dry-ey$ & despair+1 _h
 "s r unk9d & irrational  ?+s to say4   
,:51 = in/ance1 %e 0 g5tly told t h]    
visitor  _h /rong p]sonal reasons =     

sympa?is+ ) all to :om ! w>  0 br++     
anxiety or loss1 x 0 n v g5]\s to rejo9 
t  ! "y lady ne$ n fret4 #8,!y /aff     
(fic]s don't niv] take no  hurt1 s ,i've
 he]d tell4' ,b :at 0 really too unju/  
to be endur$  )\t prote/ 0 ! ass]tion t 
x 0 ,miss ,mildr$ m ?an  anybody :o _h  
driv5 ,jan away to di/ant battlefields  
by #8putt+ a  passel ( fooli% notions   
into 8 head4' ,9 self-def5ce1 ,mildr$ _h
 to  rem9d ! old woman t1 s f> f hav+   
enc\rag$ ,jan to enli/1  %e _h tri$1 by 
provid+ him ) o!r int]e/s1 to det] him f
  s do+4 ,z = 8 actual enli/m5t1 %e _h  
only he>d ( x aft] x  _h become an      
accompli%$ fact4 ,?is be+ und5iably     
true1 ,mrs4 ,issel  made no reply &     
rema9$ sil5t :ile x 0 repres5t$ to h] t 
we c nev] be sure :e!r an e>ly dea? is a
 mis=tune or n4 ,no  liv+ be+ c hope to 
escape sorr[ & suff]+1 & ,mildr$1 =  h] 
"p1 did n ?9k t poor ,jan's temp]am5t 0 
( ! k9d t  t5ds t[>ds happ9ess4         
,probably t also 0 true4 ,x w\ld h>dly h
 made ,jan happy  to discov]--z he might

 h done--t he _h mi/ak5 an entirely     
commonplace "y woman = a div9ity nor to 
realise--z he mu/ h  done--t he 0 too   
heavily weight$ 9 life's h&icap to em]ge
 f  ! ruck :]e he 0 s ill at ease4      
,judi? ,combe1 :ile bru%+ h]  mi/ress's 
hair t ev5+1 said ( him ) unexpect$     
sagacity t  maybe ,provid5ce _h #8s]v$  
him k9d' by tak+ him out ( ?is _w1  see+
 t he w\ld always h be5 set ^u :at 0    
beyond 8 rea*4    ,judi? h]self 0 s set 
^u obta9+ some?+ = :i* %e 0 m  ?an a    
little afraid to ask t %e decid$ to take
 ! risk ( mak+  h] desire kn[n4 ,c\ld   
,miss ,mildr$ sp>e "o ( ,jan's lett]s8  
,he _h  n writt5 to h] at all1 & %e w\ld
 l v mu*1 if %e might1  to h a page or  
two f 8 own h&4 #8,because we 0 9 a     
mann]  fri5ds1 y see1 ,miss4'    ,mildr$
 look$ inquir+ly at h] s$ate h&maid &   
smil$4 #8,i am  n sure t x w\ld be q    
fair to ! poor boy1' %e answ]$4  #8,he  
says "s ?+s :i* _m p w\ld ?9k r comic1 &
  p]haps ,i oughtn't4444 ,h[ev]1 y      
w\ldn't und]/&4 ,oh1 well1 yes1         

,judi?--take !m all1 if y c>e to h !m4  
,i ?9k ,i c f9d !  :ole collection4'    
,s ! :ole collection became ! prop]ty ( 
,judi?1 :o sp5t _m  an h\r ov] x & /a9$ 
"s ( its leaves ) h] te>s4 ,x is by  no 
means c]ta9 t %e did n und]/& ,jan's    
flights ( fancy &  diction4 ,x may ev5 h
 con/itut$ "o ( ! unnumb]$ ironies (    
human exp]i5ce t ,jan himself %\ld h be5
 m ne>ly und]/ood  by ! illit]ate ,judi?
 ?an by ,mildr$ ,haseld9e or by anybody 
else4                                   
,w4 ,e4 ,,norris4          ,,! ,,new    
#8,,ubique'3 ,a ,,battle4    ,,by       
,,jeff]y ,e4 ,,jeff]y4        ,by ! e>s 
& ! eyes & ! bra91      ,by ! limbs & ! 
h&s & ! w+s1      ,we are slaves to our 
ma/]s ! guns1      ,b _! slaves are !   
ma/]s ( k+s6                            
,,gilb]t ,,frankau4      ,some:]e ab\t !
 middle ( ,june1 we knew def9itely t we 
7 #8=  x1' z ! soldi] says2 we knew t   
our division 0 "o ( ^?  *os5 = ! great  
conc5tration :i* 0 to culm9ate 9 !      
#8great  pu%'--& we 7 pr\d ( !          

di/9ction4 ,a ?ree days' m>* br\ght  u  
to a c]ta9 tra9+ area1 :]e we camp$ = a 
week & work$ "s  sev5te5 h\rs a         
day--c\nt+1 t is1 f rveill at #d ,a4,m4 
until  ! la/ bit ( h>ness 0 hung up     
clean & ready = ! morr[ at #i  ,p4,m4   
,dur+ ?is p]iod two incid5ts ( note     
occurr$4 ,"o 0 t !  ,*ild sudd5ly       
develop$ pleurisy1 & 0 remov$ to        
hospital--a s]i\s  loss at any "t1 b    
especially s at ?is p>ticul> mom5t4 ,!  
o!r  0 t a squadron ( ho/ile aircraft   
flew ov] our manuvre gr\nd  & actually  
dropp$ a bomb )9 #aej y>ds ( ! tail (   
our column4  ,:i*1 see+ t we 7 "s tw5ty 
miles f ! ne>e/ "p ( !  l9e & at ! mom5t
 only play+ at soldi]s1 0 mo/           
disconc]t+4    ,f ! "t :5 we left ?is   
tra9+ area until1 ab\t ?ree weeks  lat]1
 we 7 )drawn to re/ 9 a quiet "p ( !    
l9e1 ,i kept a  r\gh di>y ( our p>ticul>
 %>e 9 ! greate/ battle ev] f\ght  by ! 
,briti% ,army4 ,! foll[+ are "s extracts
 f x1 9 no way  embelli%$1 b only enl>g$
 s z to make !m intelligible4           

,june #bg4--,n9e-h\r night m>* s\?w>ds1 
arriv+ 9      com=table billets at #c4cj
 ,a4,m4 ,a]oplanes 7or at any rate1     
ho/ile ones7 are ! curse ( ?is w>3 if x 
0 n =      fe> ( !m we c\ld move by     
daylight 9 a reasonable mann]4      ,!  
old saddl]1 doz+ on a wagon1 fell (f & 0
 run ov]3      no?+ brok51 b he w be lo/
 to u4 ,a great pity1 z      he's a *>m+
 "* & a fir/-class workman4        ,june
 #bh & #bi4--,re/$1 ! cont9uation ( !   
m>* hav+      be5 po/pon$4        ,june 
#cj4--,ord]s to move on to-night4 ,0 s5t
 (f ) a      small p>ty on a road & riv]
 reconnaissance3 ?is presumably      ) a
 view to go+ =w>d #8:5 ! advance beg9s4'
 ,by !      "t we got back to :]e !     
brigade 0 to billet1 _h ridd5      ab\t 
=ty miles4 ,job only half f9i%$4 ,batt]y
 m>*$ 9      at midnight4        ,july  
#a4--,/>t$ at #e4cj ,a4,m4 ) same p>ty  
to f9i%      reconnaissance4 ,rea*$ a   
po9t ab\t f\r miles beh9d !      l9e1 at
 #g4ae ,a4,m43 a trem5d\s bomb>dm5t 9   
progress4 ,left      our horses1 & walk$

 on two miles to a riv]4 ,"h le>nt      
t ! attack _h be5 laun*$ at #g4cj & 0   
go+ well4      ,walk$ nor? up !         
riv]-bank1 keep+ well "u ! %elt]      ( 
! /eep ridge on ! ea/ side1 & only em]g+
 to      exam9e ea* bridge z we came to 
x4 ,?\s&s ^u ?\s&s      ( %ells ( e     
size1 f #8,grannies' to #ah-prs41 pass+ 
ov] our heads unceas+ly3 expect$ ! enemy
 to retaliate4      ,b n a r\nd came3   
probably ! ,bo*e 0 too busily engag$    
else:]e4 ,met /reams ( w\nd$ com+ d[n2  
"s )      captur$ helmets1 ne>ly all )  
gr9s4        ,f9i%$ ! riv]              
reconnaissance ab\t #aj4cj & walk$ back 
by a r\ndab\t 7b less unpleasant67 way1 
& rea*$ our      horses ab\t midday4    
,rode back to ! batt]y & sp5t !         
aft]noon writ+ out full report4 ,ord]s  
to move at #aa4cj ,p4,m4      ,long     
night m>* to new billets1 arriv+ #d4ae  
,a4,m4        ,july #b4--,re/$4 ,9 !    
c\rse ( ! day ! ,*ild return$1      hav+
 9 "s amaz+ way p]suad$ ! hospital      
au?orities      t pleurisy & a          

temp]ature ( #ajd are ! be/ possible    
?+s to h on ! eve ( a great (f5sive4    
,swe>s he's all      "r n[1 & objects to
 be+ ord]$ to take x easy--:ile      he 
c4 ,heavy bomb>dm5t all day1 b we are   
eight miles back      "h4 ,(ficial      
communiqus record fur!r successes4      
,july #c4--,mov$ at #i4cj ,p4,m41 &     
arriv$ 7#e4cj ,a4,m47 soak+      wet at 
! wor/ biv\ac x has ev] be5 our unhappy 
lot to      occupy4        ,july        
#d4--,saw ab\t #aej ,g]man prison]s be+ 
br\ght back4      ,9 ! aft]noon1 aft] a 
viol5t ?und]/orm1 w5t to look      at ! 
position :i* we are to take ov]4 ,f\nd t
 x 0      imm5sely /rong4 ,orig9ally x 0
 only #abjj y>ds f !      enemy front   
l9e1 b n[1 s9ce ! advance1 is ab\t      
#cjjj4      ,/eady ra9 all ! "t4 ,got   
back to f9d ! camp conv]t$      into a  
v]itable bog1 & m5 ( all ! batt]ies mak+
      %elt]s = !mselves by cutt+ d[n    
trees & loot+      /raw4 ,!re w be a r[ 
ov] ?is1 b--well1 x is too mu*      to  
expect m5 to submit to su* unnecess>y   

discom=t4        ,july #e4--,took !     
,*ild & two telephoni/s & w5t up to     
new position4 ,bomb>dm5t proce$+        
incessantly4 ,0 amaz$      at ! am\nt ( 
mat]ial already br\ght up1 at ! gangs   
already work+ on ! %ell-wreck$ roads1 & 
at ! cr[d (      spectators :o l9$ a    
conv5i5t ridge to #8wat* ! %[4'         
,w5t ) ! ,*ild & ! batt]y comm&] f :om  
we      7 tak+ ov] to get a look at !   
c\ntry & visit !      ,o4,p4 ,pass$     
?r\gh ,fric\rt--n long captur$4 ,nev]   
c\ld a      bomb>dm5t h done its "w (   
de/ruction m ?or\ghly      ?an "h4 ,n   
figuratively1 b lit]ally2 no "o brick   
/ood      ^u ano!r1 sc>cely "o brick 0  
:ole4 ,walk$ on up !      sunk5 road t  
leads nor? f ,fric\rt pa/ ! ,d+le &     
,%elt] ,wood4 ,= days ?is road _h be5 a 
dea?-trap4 ,x      0 /rewn ) corpses1 ) 
/ret*]s on :i* lay w\nd$      m5 await+ 
removal1 ) brok5 bits ( equipm5t1       
,engli%      & ,g]man--& x /ank4 ,we    
arriv$ at ! headqu>t]s ( a              
battalion & ask$ if we c\ld see !       

colonel4        #8,no1' !y told u1 #8y  
c't at pres5t4 ,he's j be5      buri$ 9 
8 dug-out by a %ell1 & x w be "s "t     
be=e we get him cle>2 he's all "r1 b a  
bit %ak54'        ,s we w5t on up a     
batt]$ tr5* to ! ,o4,p4 ,9 x a          
subalt]n & two signall]s1 all ?ree cak$ 
9 mud4 ,at !      mom5t ! wire to !     
batt]y 0 intact4 ,two m5 _h be5         
kill$ & "o w\nd$ :il/ m5d+ x4 ,f "h we  
c\ld      see ! fam\s ,quadrangle ,tr5*1
 :i* at t "t 0      hold+ up ! advance4 
,_m batt]ies 7 %oot+ at x4      ,hav+   
got our be>+s1 s to speak1 we did n l+] 
9 ?is      mo/ unheal?y spot1 b return$ 
to ! batt]y position4        ,on ! way  
home met our own colonel be>+ ! news t !
      brigade w\ld probably g into      
action 9 q a diff]5t      area4 ,?is    
news confirm$ at ,h4,q4 at #e ,p4,m4    
,turn$ back &      reconnoitr$ ! new    
position1 :i* 0 f>!r s\?1 ne>]          
,fric\rt2 r cramp$ & q unprep>$ =       
occupation4      ,cadg$ d9n] f an old   
fri5d :om we met at ,d4,h4,q4 ,met !    

batt]y on ! road ab\t #aj ,p4,m4 & l$ x 
to new position4      ,"w ( gett+ guns  
91 ammunition & /ores dump$1 &          
teams away complet$ by #c ,a4,m4 ,await$
 dawn4        ,july #f4--;,z soon z x 0 
light w5t up ! hill on ! "r      front (
 ! batt]y to meet ! colonel1 *oose an   
,o4,p4 &      #8le>n' ! c\ntry4 ,! sc5e 
( wreckage ^u ?is hill n[      is pa/   
all belief1 & is1 ,i %\ld imag9e1 a     
p]fect example      ( ! havoc wr\ght by 
a mod]n #8int5se' bomb>dm5t4 ,!         
:ole face ( ! e>? is completely alt]$4  
,on ! ,g]man      side ( ,no ,man's ,l&1
 n "o squ>e y>d ( ! orig9al      surface
 ( ! gr\nd rema9s unbrok54 ,l9e ^u l9e (
      tr5*es & tunnels & saps h be5 s   
sma%$ t !y      are b>ely recognisable z
 su*3 !re are m9e crat]s sev5ty      to 
a hundr$ y>ds across1 & !re are dug-outs
 7"s (      ^! /ill intact7 :i* g d[n   
fifty feet & m into !      *alk4 ,on e  
side is dbris--rails1 timb]1 kit1       
blankets1      brok5 rifles1 bread1 /eel
 helmets1 pumps1 respirators1           

corpses4 ,& n[h]e c "o get away f !     
sick5+      smell--! smell ( putresc5t  
human fle%4444        ,! morn+ mi/ cle>$
 at la/ & we 7 able to see !            
l&scape4 ,f ! ,o4,p4 we *ose1 ! view1 = 
our purposes1      0 ideal4 ,bel[ u lay 
! ru9s t once 7 ,fric\rt1 to      ! "r  
,fric\rt ,wood1 f>!r (f ,mametz ,wood & 
village1      & on ! skyl9e             
,contalmaison4 ,return$1 v di%evell$1   
to breakfa/ at #h ,a4,m4 ,dur+ ! morn+  
ran out a wire1      got #8?r\gh' to !  
batt]y1 b did n d>e to />t      %oot+   
until fur!r in=mation z to ! situation (
 !      infantry 0 available4 ,ev5tually
 ga!r$ t we only hold      ! s\!rn edge 
( ,mametz ,wood1 & t ! ,quadrangle      
,tr5* :i* lies to ! left 7we/7 ( x is n 
yet 9 our      possession4 ,sp5t !      
aft]noon regi/]+ ! guns1 &      !n began
 %ell+ ,mametz ,wood4 ,0 reliev$ by !   
,*ild at      tea-"t4 ,came d[n to !    
batt]y & wa%$4 ,look$ =w>d      to dec5t
 night's re/ b 0 disappo9t$1 viz43      
,july #g4--,wok5 by ,angelo at #a       

,a4,m41 :o br\ght ord]s = a             
#8/rafe1' :i* 0 to />t at #b4 ,batt]y   
fir$ at a rapid      rate f t h\r till  
#b4cj4 ,w5t back to b$4 ,wok5 by !      
,infant1 :o _h reliev$ ,angelo1 at #f4  
,big bomb>dm5t to      />t at #g4bj4    
,w5t to telephone dug-out at #g4ae1     
unwa%$ &      half-dress$1 & rema9$ !re 
all day2 meals br\ght 9 to      me4 ,!  
batt]y fir$ practically cont9u\sly =    
f\rte5      h\rs at rates v>y+ f "o to  
tw5ty-f\r r\nds a m9ute4      ,t>gets   
v>i\s--mo/ly #8b>rag+' ,mametz ,wood &  
gr\nd      imm$iately to ! we/ ( x4     
,work$ ! deta*m5ts z f> z      possible 
9 reliefs1 turn+ on sp>e signall]s1     
cooks1 &      s]vants to c>ry ammunition
 z x arriv$4        ,! ,*ild1 :o 0 at ! 
,o4,p41 s5t d[n :at in=mation      he   
c\ld1 b report$ t x 0 h>dly possible to 
see      any?+ ow+ to ! smoke4 ,pass$ on
 ev]y?+ to ,brigade      ,h4,q4         
7communications work+ well71 & receiv$  
_!      in/ructions z to *anges ( t>get1
 rate ( fire1 etc4 ,by      dusk we 7   

all v tir$1 & sev]al ( ! m5 /one deaf4  
,!re 7 sev]al heavy %[]s dur+ ! day1 s t
 !      position became a quagmire into 
:i* ! guns sank almo/ to      _! axles &
 became increas+ly difficult to s]ve4   
,empty      c>tridge cases pil$ sev]al  
feet high r\nd ea* plat=m3      mud     
awful4 ,no (ficial communiqu z to result
 ( ! day's      op]ation4 ,got eight    
h\rs' sleep4        ,july #h4--,%oot+1  
(f & on1 all day--mo/ly regi/ration (   
new po9ts4 ,9 ! int]vals :5 n fir+ !    
deta*m5ts      kept h>d at "w improv+ & 
/r5g!n+ ! position4      ,ho/ile        
artill]y mu* m active1 b no?+ really    
close      to u4 ,fir$ #aej r\nds dur+ !
 night into ,mametz ,wood3      nor!rn  
portion n yet 9 our h&s4        ,july   
#i4--;,a good deal ( b>rage "w all day1 
b z x 0      mo/ly at a sl[ rate ! m5   
manag$ to get "s re/--goodness          
kn[s1 !y bo? ne$ & des]ve x4            
,july #aj4--,w5t out ) ! colonel to     
reconnoitre an advanc$      position4   
,got caught 9 a b>rage1 & _h to cr\* 9 a

      7=tunately7 deep tr5* = half an   
h\r4 ,sitt+ !re began      to wond] if  
?is 0 ! prelude to a c\nt]-attack2 j    
!n1 look+ out to ! left1 t is t[>ds !   
s\?-we/      corn] ( ,mametz ,wood1 saw 
a lot ( m5 runn+ h>d4 ,sudd5ly          
spott$ ! famili> grey uni=m & spik$     
helmets ( !      enemy4        #8,god6' 
,i cri$1 #8x is a c\nt]-attack4 ,^? are 
,huns6'      ,expect$ e mom5t to h "o   
pe]+ 9 ov] ! top (      ! tr5*3 did n   
d>e to run = x1 ow+ to ! b>rage1        
:i* 0 /ill heavy4 ,t1 :o 0 ) me1 rema9$ 
calm &      put up 8 glasses4           
#8,all "r1' he said2 #8!y're prison]s4  
,look at ! escort4'        ,& s !y 71   
runn+ = _! lives ?r\gh _! own           
%rapnel--& ! escort keep+ well up ) !m6 
,! /orm be+ ov] 7no #8hate' la/s = ev]71
 return$      z quickly z we c\ld1 &    
report$ t ! position 0      possible b  
by no means tempt+6 ,a lot ( night fir+4
        ,july #aa4--,set out ) ! ,*ild1 
two s]geants1 & my tru/y      #8look-out
 man' to look = a m fav\rable spot4     

,aft] a good      deal ( walk+ ab\t f\nd
 "o1 a fairly snug place 7?\gh          
pitt$ ) %ell holes74        ,int5d$ to  
reconnoitre = an ,o4,p4 9 ! front edge (
      ,mametz ,wood1 b met a colonel j  
back f ^? p>ts :o      assur$ u t !     
enemy front l9e ran !re4 ,reluctantly   
767      we ab&on$ ! ent]prise &        
return$4 ,at #f ,p4,m4 ! ,*ild      />t$
 (f ) a digg+ p>ty to prep>e ! new      
position4      ,move ( ! batt]y ord]$ = 
#i4cj1 !n po/pon$ till      #aj4cj4     
,road cr[d$ ) infantry & transport2     
progress sl[4      ,to be m\nt$ & at !  
head ( a column ( twelve six-horse      
teams is a v diff]5t ?+ f be+ alone &   
ready to      slip beh9d a wall or into 
a tr5* if occasion calls = x4      ,luck
 0 on our side1 h[ev]1 & we got ?r\gh   
be=e any      %ells came4               
,occupi$ ! position quickly1 empti$ !   
ammunition wagons1      & got ! horses  
cle> )\t casualties4 ,! ,*ild report$   
t a few f\r-twos _h come pretty close   
:ile he & 8      p>ty 7 digg+ & _h /opp$

 _! "w = a :ile3      nev]!less1 q a lot
 already done4 ,"t n[ #ab4cj4 ,turn$    
on e available man & cont9u$ digg+ till 
dawn4 ,m5      v beat1 b n a ^w ( gr\s+4
        ,july #ab4--;,at dawn w5t up to 
f9d a new ,o4,p43 took ! ,*ild      &   
two signall]s1 ! latt] lay+ a wire z !y 
w5t4      ,f\nd excell5t place ) good   
g5]al view 9 an old ,g]man      r$\bt4  
,tr5*es1 h[ev]1 cramm$ ) sleep+         
infantry1      ov] :om "o _h to /ep1 &  
"u :om ! signall]s _h      to pass _!   
l9e6 ,?ick mi/ till #h ,a4,m41 :5 light 
became      good en\gh to />t on our    
task1 :i* 0 to cut ?r\gh !      wire at 
a c]ta9 spot 9 ! ,g]man ma9 second l9e  
nor?      ( ,mametz ,wood4 ,obs]vation  
difficult1 z we 7 r f>      back & !    
:ole l9e 0 be+ heavily bomb>d$ by our   
#8heavies4' ,ab\t #aj4cj :at 0 app>5tly 
an excursion p>ty      ( g5]als & /aff  
(fic]s arriv$ to see ! fun1 cr[d$      u
 out ( our bay 9 ! tr5* & l9$ up1 ) _!  
heads      & r$ hat-b&s expos$4 ,lay d[n
 9 a corn] & tri$      to sleep1 b got  

trodd5 on s ab&on$ ! idea4 ,%oon        
7ano!r ( my y\?ful subalt]ns7 came up to
 relieve u at      #b4cj1 s ! ,*ild & ,i
 return$ to ! batt]y & got ab\t         
?ree h\rs' sleep4 ,! deta*m5ts ) amaz+  
indu/ry &      endurance aga9 h>d at "w 
digg+4 ,a good deal ( ho/ile      fire  
all r\nd u1 especially close to !       
nullah1 b no?+      )9 #bjj y>ds ( !    
guns4        ,ab\t #e4cj ,p4,m4 ,%oon   
rang up f ! ,o4,p4 to say t he      & a 
signall] _h be5 w\nd$4 ,angelo w5t up to
 take 8      place4 ,poor old ,%oon1 :5 
he arriv$ d[n1 0 pretty %ak54           
,evid5tly ! cr[d ( spectators previ\sly 
rem>k$ ^u _h      attract$ ! att5tion ( 
"s cross ,bo*e gunn]4 ,a five-n9e       
dropp$ j beside ! ,o4,p4 & knock$ bo?   
signall]s &      ,%oon1 :o 0 obs]v+ 8   
wire-cutt+ at ! mom5t1 head      ov]    
heels back into ! tr5* bel[4 ,:ile !y 7 
pick+      !mselves up out ( ! dbris a  
salvo l&$ on ! p>ados      imm$iately   
beh9d !m4 ,"o signall] 0 unt\*$ 7&      
rescu$ 8 preci\s telephone71 ! o!r 0    

badly cut ab\t      ! head & leg &      
dep>t$ on a /ret*]--a good man too4     
,%oon got a scrat* on 8 =ehead & "s     
spl9t]s into 8      left arm4 ,swore he 
0 all "r1 b s9ce he didn't look x      0
 ord]$ to b$4        ,ammunition        
repl5i%$ 9 ! ev5+ 9 a te>+ hurry4 ,x is 
n pleasant to h teams /&+ ab\t 9 a place
 l ?is4      ,he>d t on ! return j\rney 
to ! wagon l9e la/ night a              
bomb>di]1 f\r driv]s1 & five horses _h  
be5 w\nd$--all      slightly1 ?ank      
,heav56        ,%ot all night at ! wood 
7,baz5t9-le-petit71 & at !      front   
l9e4        ,july #ac4--;,cont9u$       
wire-cutt+ & se>*+ ! wood all      day4 
,scores ( batt]ies do+ ! same ?+1 &     
noise      inf]nal4 ,! ,*ild w5t (f to  
f9d out if he c\ld see !      wire f !  
front edge ( ,mametz ,wood 7:i* n[      
really is      9 our possession74 ,fail+
 to see x f !re1 he w&]$      on up an  
old communication tr5* kn[n z ,middle   
,alley1 :i*      l$ direct f our own to 
! ,g]man front l9e4 ,ev5tually      he  

f\nd a place f :i* he c\ld see ?r\gh a  
gap 9      ! h$ge4 ,! wire 0 cut all    
"r--&1 incid5tally1 he      might h come
 face to face ) a ho/ile bomb+ p>ty at  
any mom5t6 ,b :at seem$ to int]e/ him   
mu* m 0 !      behavi\r ( ! ord]ly :o _h
 accompani$ him4 ,?is ,n4,c4,o41      :o
 is ! batt]y #8look-out man1' specially 
tra9$ to obs]ve      any?+ & ev]y?+1    
rais$ himself f ! gr\nd a      mom5t    
aft] !y _h bo? hurl$ !mselves flat to   
await !      arrival ( a five-n9e 9     
,mametz ,wood1 pe]$ ov] a fall5         
tree-trunk & said1 #8,t "o1 sir1 0 j 9  
front1 b      slightly to ! left'6      
,sp5t ! aft]noon prep>+ detail$ ord]s & 
"t-tables      = to-morr['s #8big %[4'  
,slept f #aa till #b4de ,a4,m4          
,july #ad4--,! #8int5se' bomb>dm5t began
 at #c4bj ,a4,m42 !      infantry attack
 0 laun*$ five m9utes lat]4 ,ev5 to     
attempt to describe ?is bomb>dm5t is    
beyond me4 ,all t      c be said is t   
!re 0 su* a hell ( noise t x      0 q   
impossible to give any ord]s to ! guns  

except      by s5d+ subalt]ns f !       
telephone dug-out to %\t 9      ! e> (  
ea* s]geant 9 turn4 ,! batt]y 79 company
      ) p]haps a hundr$ o!rs7 b>rag$    
/eadily1 #8lift+'      fifty y>ds at a  
"t f #c4be till #g4ae ,a4,m41 by :i*    
"t "s #ijj r\nds _h be5 exp5d$ & ! pa9t 
on !      guns 0 bli/]+ f _! heat4 ,we  
ga!r$ 7*iefly      f in=mation suppli$  
by ! ,*ild at ! ,o4,p41 :o got      into
 t\* ) v>i\s /aff & signal (fic]s7 t !  
attack _h be5 v successful4 ,ab\t #g4cj 
?+s sl[$      d[n a little & ! m5 7 able
 to get breakfa/ & "s      re/--half at 
a "t1 ( c\rse4        ,at midday cavalry
 mov$ up pa/ u & affairs began to look  
really promis+4 ,slept f #c to #e       
,p4,m41 !n got ord]s to      reconnoitre
 an advanc$ position 9 front ( ,acid    
,drop ,copse4      7,x may "h be not$ t 
f our fir/ position ?is v      copse 0  
"o ( our mo/ important t>gets at a range
 (      ne>ly #djjj y>ds47 ,*ose a      
position1 b c\ld see t if &      :5 we d
 occupy x1 x is n go+ to be a           

heal?-resort4      ,&1 ow+ to ! appall+ 
/ate ( ! gr\nd1 x w take      "s driv+  
to get !re4 ,_h a really good night's   
re/ =      once4 ,batt]y fir$ at        
int]vals all night4        ,july        
#ae4--;,attack cont9u$4 ,by #aj4cj      
,a4,m4 our guns _h rea*$      extreme   
range & we 7 =c$ to /op4 7,we />t$ at   
#bgjj      9 ?is position47 ,news v     
good3 enemy mu* demoralis$ &            
surr5d]+ freely4 ,practically no ho/ile 
%ell+ r\nd u      n[--9 fact1 we are r  
out ( ! battle = ! mom5t4      ,aft]    
lun* =m$ up ! :ole batt]y & ?ank$ ! m5 =
      ! spl5did way t !y _h work$4      
,%oon1 ^: arm has got      worse1 s5t "u
 prote/ to hospital4 ,desp]ately sorry  
to      lose him4        ,9 ! aft]noon  
swit*$ to ! left1 :]e we are app>5tly   
/ill held up1 & fir$ occasional salvos  
on ,m>t9pui*4      ,ditto all night4    
,july #af4--;,ev]ybody mu* conc]n$ ov] a
 c]ta9 ,swit*      ,tr5*1 :i* appe>s to 
be giv+ mu* tr\ble4 ,fir$               
spasmodically 7by map7 on ?is tr5*      

?r\gh\t ! day4 ,9      ! ev5+ all guns  
remov$ to a travell+ ,ordnance ,work%op 
= ov]haul--!y ne$ x4 ,late at night     
receiv$ ord]s to dig      ! ,acid ,drop 
,copse position next day1 & occupy x z  
soon z      ! guns are s5t back4        
,july #ag4--,took all (fic]s &          
practically e man up to      new        
position at #g ,a4,m4 & />t$ to dig4    
,%ells all r\nd      u :ile we work$1 b 
/ill no damage4 ,?is is too good to     
la/4 ,9 ! aft]noon w5t out ) ,george    
7ano!r ,b4,c4#b      9 ! brigade71 !    
,*ild1 & a telephoni/ to look = an      
,o4,p4 :5ce to see ?is inf]nal ,swit*   
,tr5*4 ,aft] a :ile      p>t$ f ,george1
 :om we la/ saw walk+ =w>d f      !     
villa1 paus+ occasionally to exam9e !   
c\ntry ?r\gh      8 glasses4 ,we le>nt  
aft]w>ds t he sp5t a really happy       
aft]noon 9 ,no ,man's ,l& c>ry+ v>i\s   
w\nd$ infantrym5      into comp>ative   
safety6 ,= :i* he has be5 duly          
recomm5d$4        ,got into ! old ,g]man
 second l9e 7tak5 on ! #ad?71      &    

f\nd t x _h be5 s completely batt]$ by  
our      bomb>dm5t t its captors _h be5 
oblig$ to dig an      entirely new tr5* 
9 front ( x4 ,?is "p ( ! _w 0      full 
( gunn] (fic]s all look+ = an ,o4,p4 =  
,swit*      ,tr5*4 ,return$ to ,acid    
,drop ,copse ab\t #e ,p4,m4 & f\nd      
t ! digg+ _h progress$ well4 ,m>*$ ! m5 
back to      ! old position1 :]e !y got 
tea & a re/4 ,teams came up      ab\t   
#h4 ,pack$ up & mov$ =w>d4 ,gr\nd s     
desp]ately      heavy t x became        
necess>y to put t5 horses 9 a team =    
! la/ pull up ! hill to ! position4 ,got
 all guns into      action & tw5ty-"o   
wagon loads ( ammunition dump$ by #aa   
,p4,m4--no casualties4 ,"w ( ! m51 :o 7 
mu* worn out1      beyond all praise4   
,! noise 9 ?is place is worse ?an any?+ 
previ\sly      exp]i5c$4 ,be+1 z we are 
n[1 ! mo/ advanc$ batt]y 9      ?is     
p>ticul> sector1 we get ! full b5efit ( 
e gun      t is beh9d u--& !re are _m4  
,moreov]1 ! ho/ile      artill]y is     
extremely active1 especially 9 ! wood1  

:]e      e %ell comes d[n ) a hiss+ ru% 
t ends 9 an      appall+ cra%4 ,ab\t    
midnight ! ,bo*e began to put ov]       
small #8/9k' %ells4 ,^! seem$ to flit   
?r\gh ! air1 &      always l&$ ) a      
s(t-s\nd+ #8phutt' v l a dud4 ,"o       
bur/ j beh9d our tr5* & w\nd$ a gunn] 9 
! foot4      ,f\nd x impossible to      
sleep1 ow+ to ! d94        ,july        
#ah4--;,at #d ,a4,m4 ! ho/ile bomb>dm5t 
seem$ s int5se      t1 fe>+ a           
c\nt]-attack1 ,i got up to look r\nd4 ,0
      reassur$ by ,angelo1 :o _h already
 done s4 ,beyond !      fact t ! wood 0 
be+ sy/ematically se>*$ )               
five-n9es1 !re 0 no?+ mu* do+4 ,return$ 
to b$1 b      /ill fail$ to sleep4      
,fir$ at int]vals ?r\gh\t ! day at v>i\s
 spots allott$      by ,brigade ,h4,q4  
,hav+ no ,o4,p4 _h to d ev]y?+ f !      
map4 ,m5 all digg+ :5 n actually fir+3  
position n[      ne>ly spl9t]-pro(4 ,a  
mo/ unn]v+ day1 h[ev]4 ,a ,hun          
b>rage ( #8air-crumps' on ! ridge 9     
front ( u by !      ,cutt+1 ano!r "o to 

our "r along ! edge ( ! wood1      _m   
five-n9es ov] our heads into ! dip beh9d
 u1 &      q a few into ,acid ,drop     
,copse on our left re>4        ,9 !     
aft]noon we _h half a doz5 ,h4,e4       
#8pip-squeaks' v      close at a mom5t  
:5 !re 7 ?ree wagons up repl5i%+        
ammunition4 ,"o bur/ )9 f\r y>ds ( !    
lead horses--&      no damage4 ,?is _c  
la/4 ,ord]s = a big attack receiv$      
at #d ,p4,m4 ,at #e c\nt]-ord]s to !    
effect t we are to be      reliev$      
to-night4 ,fir$ cont9u\sly till ab\t    
#h4cj1 !n      pack$ up & wait$ = !     
teams1 :i* arriv$ ab\t #i4        ,we 7 
j congratulat+ ourselves on our luck1 x 
be+      !n r a quiet mom5t & ?ree out (
 ! f\r teams      already on ! move1 :5 
a big #8air-crump' bur/ /raight         
above our heads1 w\nd+ ! s]geant-major 9
 ! ?igh4 ,put      him up on ! la/ limb]
 & s5t ! guns (f z fa/ z !y      c\ld   
g--gr\nd too bad to gallop4 ,two m %ells
 foll[$      u d[n ! valley1 b !re 7 no 
fur!r casualties4 ,at      ! bottom     

miss$ ! ,*ild3 s5t to inquire if he 0 at
 !      head ( ! column--no4 ,0 beg9n+  
to get n]v\s1 :5 he      /roll$ up f !  
re>1 accompani$ by ! (fic]s'-mess       
cook4        #8,pity to leave ^! beh9d1'
 he obs]v$1 ?r[+ d[n a      kettle & a  
saucepan6        ,n]vy "w load+ up our  
/ores & kits on to ! ,g4,s4 wagon1      
b ! enemy batt]y _h return$ to its      
fav\rite spot by !      ,cutt+1 & no?+  
fur!r worri$ u4 ,m>*$ back to !         
wagon l9e 7ab\t five miles74 ,mu* amus$ 
by ! t5acity )      :i* "o ( ! s]geants 
clung to a j> ( rum :i* he _h           
rescu$ f ! position4#c ,at ! wagon l9e  
collect$ !      :ole batt]y toge!r1 &   
:ile wait+ w5t across to see      !     
s]geant-major 9 ! dress+-/ation4 ,am    
afraid1 ?\gh      x is no?+ s]i\s1 t x w
 be a case ( #8,blighty'      = him4 ,a 
v s]i\s loss to ! batt]y1 z he has be5  
absolutely invaluable ?r\gh\t ?is %[4   
,m>*$ to our old biv\ac at ! swampy     
wood1 b 7      allott$ a reasonable     
space outside x ?is "t4 ,fell into      

b$1 beat to ! _w1 at #c4cj ,a4,m4       
,july #ai4--,mu* to d1 ?\gh m5 & horses 
are tir$ to      dea?4 ,mov$ (f at #f   
,p4,m4 & did a tw5ty-mile night m>*1    
arriv+ at ano!r biv\ac at #b ,a4,m4     
,horses j ab\t at      _! la/ gasp4     
,poor old ?+s1 !y h be5 9 h>ness        
almo/ cont9u\sly ?r\gh\t ! battle br++  
up load      aft] load ( ammunition at  
all h\rs ( ! day & night4        ,july  
#bj4--,took ov] a new position 7tr5*    
w>f>e /yle7 j      out ( ! battle area z
 n[ con/itut$1 & settl$ d[n             
to--re/4    ,! above is an accurate1    
?\gh1 ,i fe>1 f> too p]sonal1 record ( !
  do+s ( "o p>ticul> unit dur+ a        
=tnight's cont9u\s fight+4  ,x is 9 no  
way an attempt to describe a battle z a 
:ole4 ,t is a  feat beyond my p[]s--&1  
,i ?9k1 beyond ! p[]s ( anyone actually 
engag$4 ,?9k+ ?+s ov] n[ 9 ! quiet ( a  
well-made dug-out1 ,i  realise t !      
pr$om9ant impressions left ^u my m9d1 9 
asc5d+  ord] ( magnitude s to speak1    
are3 dirt1 /9k1 horrors1 lack (  sleep1 

funk--& ! amaz+ endurance ( ! m54 ,9 !  
fir/ article  ( ?is s]ies ,i wrote3 #8,b
 ?is ,i "k n[--! human mat]ial )  :i* ,i
 h to deal is good en\gh4' ,x is4 ,i    
grant t our casualties  7 slight 7?\gh 9
 ?is respect we 7 extremely lucky71 & t 
comp>$ ) ! infantry our task 0 ! easi]  
"o ( #8/&+ !  /ra9' r ?an ( #8fac+ !    
music4' ,b /ill ?9k ( ! /ra9  on !      
deta*m5ts1 s]v+ _! guns night & day     
almo/ incessantly  = f\rte5 days on end4
 ,9 ! fir/ week alone we fir$ ! am\nt  (
 ammunition :i* suffices = a batt]y 9   
peace "t = ?irty  ye>s6 ,!y av]ag$ five 
h\rs' sleep 9 ! tw5ty-f\r1 ^! m51       
?r\gh\t ! "t2 & !y dug ?ree sep>ate     
positions--all 9 heavy  gr\nd4 ,nor mu/ 
"o =get ! driv]s1 employ$ ?r\gh\t 9 br++
  up ammunition along roads pitt$ )     
holes1 (t5 %ell$ & con/antly  block$ )  
traffic4    ,! ,new ,ubique beg9s to be 
wor?y ( ! ,old4      ,,footnotes    #b  
,batt]y ,comm&]4    #c ,?is j> 0        
aft]w>ds f\nd to conta9 lime-juice6     
,,! ,,bic5t5>y ,,( ,,gray4    ,,born    

,,decemb] #bf1 #agaf4    ,,by ,,! ,,dean
 ,,( ,,norwi*4      ,x is a m]e *ance1 b
 none ! less sugge/ive1 t ,%akespe>e's  
commemoration ?is ye> %\ld be foll[$ by 
t ( ,gray4 ,%akespe>e1  ( c\rse1 w\ld   
cut up into _m poets1 b "o ( !m w\ld h  
be5  n unlike ,gray2 a man ( a fa/idi\s 
& some:at melan*oly temp]  b ) a r>e    
affectionat5ess1 & a s9c]e love ( 8 k9d1
 :i*  m+l$ ) 8 critical faculty to      
produce a fre% & v delightful  hum\r4   
,h[ev] ?is may be1 ! less] poet 0 drawn 
to ! great] by  a sure in/9ct f         
s*ool-days4 ,9 a lett] to ,horace       
,walpole1 writt5  :5 he 0 j eighte51 he 
f9ds x natural to disguise 8 boyi%      
affection 9 t]ms borr[$ f ,mrs4         
,quickly3 #8,i h born & born1  & be5    
fub'd (f & fub'd (f1' c42 & he does s   
aga9 lat]3 #8,if  ,i don't he> f y ?is  
week1 ,i %all be 9 a ?\s& ,tyrrits &    
,frights ab\t y4' ,to 8 m lit]>y fri5d1 
,ri*>d ,we/1 ano!r  memb] ( !           
#8,quadruple ,alliance1' ^: e>ly dea? he
 0 to m\rn  9 ! mo/ exquisite ( elegies1

 he writes ) en?usiasm ab\t             
,%akespe>e's language4    #8,e ^w 9 him 
is a picture4 ,pray put me ! foll[+ l9es
 into !  tongue ( our mod]n ,dramatics3 
8,b ,i1 t am n %ap$ = sportive tricks1  
,nor made to c\rt an amor\s look+-glass3
      ,i1 t am rudely /ampt1 & want     
love's maje/y      ,to /rut be=e a      
wanton ambl+ nymph3      ,i1 t am       
curtail'd ( ?is fair proportion1        
,*eat$ ( feature by dissembl+ nature1   
,de=m'd1 unf9i%'d1 s5t be=e my "t       
,into ?is brea?+ _w1 sc>ce half made    
up0--    & :at foll[s4 ,to me !y appe>  
untranslatable2 & if ?is be !  case our 
language is greatly deg5]at$4'    #8,e  
^w 9 him is a picture4' ,he said ! same 
?+ 9 a f9e  quatra9 ( ! poem to ,ri*>d  
,b5tley1 contra/+ ! great ma/]s  ( old )
 ! poets ( 8 own day1 especially )      
himself1 ^:  poems ,b5tley 0 illu/rat+3 
#8,b n to "o 9 ?is b5ight$ age          
,is t div9] inspiration giv'n      ,t   
burns 9 ,%akespe>e's or 9 ,milton's     
page1        ,! pomp & prodigality (    

heav54'    ,9 ano!r lett] to ,we/ ( !   
same ye> he def5ds ! practice (         
#8judici\sly & sp>+ly' ins]t+ phrases f 
,%akespe>e into  mod]n poetry because ( 
_! great] en]gy2 a practice :i* he      
himself 0 to adopt 9 8 lat] odes4       
,gray's ,%akespe>ian borr[+s  are always
 judici\s1 b x may be que/ion$ :e!r !   
effect ( su*  quotations f a great]     
writ] by a less is n to create an       
impression  ( pov]ty 9 ! borr[]4 ,x is m
 important to inquire h[ f> ,gray  0    
successful 9 emulat+ ! ,%akespe>ian     
#8pomp & prodigality' (  imag9ation4 ,! 
prodigality cle>ly 0 beyond ev5 8       
ambition4 ,8  ,pegasus always requir$ ! 
spur r ?an ! re9s4 ,b ! pomp1 x  mu/ be 
admitt$1 he did n infrequ5tly a*ieve4   
,no "o c be bl9d to  ! magnific5ce ( !  
l9es ab\t ,p9d> 9 ! #8,progress (       
,poesy'3        #8,oh6 ,lyre div9e1 :at 
d>+ ,_s        ,wakes !e n[8 ,?o' he    
inh]it        ,nor ! pride1 nor ample   
p9ion1          ,t ! ,!ban eagle be>    
,sail+ ) supreme dom9ion          ,?ro' 

! azure deep ( air4'    ,& 9 ! #8,elegy'
 we h _m imag9ative pictures t h ! true 
,%akespe>ian quality3        #8,! pa?s (
 glory lead b to ! grave4'        #8,&  
%ut ! gates ( ,m]cy on mank9d4'         
#8,or ,flatt]y soo! ! dull cold e> (    
dea?4'        #8,along ! cool seque/]'d 
vale ( life      ,!y kept ! noiseless   
t5or ( _! way4'        #8,left ! w>m    
prec9cts ( ! *e>ful day1      ,nor ca/  
"o long+1 l+'r+ look beh9d4'            
#8,ev5 9 our ,a%es live _! wont$        
,fires4'    ,x w be rememb]$ t 9 !      
#8,progress ( ,poesy' ,engli% poetry is 
repres5t$ by ?ree names--,%akespe>e1    
,milton1 & ,dryd54 ,dryd5 is  prais$ = !
 en]gy ( 8 h]oic c\plet1 symbolis$ by ! 
#8,two c\rs]s ( e!real race      ,)     
necks 9 ?und] cloa?'d & long-res\nd+    
pace1'    :o draw 8 c>1 & also = 8 "o   
great lyrical a*ievem5t1 ! ,ode  on ,/4 
,cecilia's day4 ,gray's admiration =    
,%akespe>e & ,milton z  models 0 temp]$ 
by 8 recognition ( :at ,dryd5 _h done = 
!  ,engli% language1 9 r5d]+ x m #8ref9$

 & free4' ,to ,beattie he  wrote1       
#8,rememb] ,dryd5 & be bl9d to all 8    
faults1' & he told him  9 an int]view   
7accord+ to ,mason7 t #8if !re 0 any    
excell5ce  9 8 own numb]s he _h le>n$ x 
:olly f t great poet2 &  press$ him )   
great e>ne/ness to /udy him1 z 8 *oice (
 words  & v]sification 7 s+ul>ly happy &
 h>moni\s4' ,if ,dryd5's  #8,alex&]'s   
,fea/' be comp>$ ) ! #8,progress (      
,poesy' we c see  h[ successfully ,gray 
has bl5d$ ! qualities he mo/ admir$ 9 8 
sev]al ma/]s4 ,f ,dryd5 he has caught ! 
smoo?ness & /r5g? (  8 l9e2 b ,gray's   
rhy?m owes m to #8,l',allegro' &        
#8,comus' ?an to  ! commonplace movem5t 
( ,dryd5's ode2 :ile ! imag9ative beauty
 (  its _m pictures 0 "p ( 8 debt to !  
greate/ ( !m all4 ,!re  is "o o!r great 
,engli% poet to :om ,gray 0 ready to    
ackn[l$ge a  debt4 ,he told ,norton     
,ni*olls t he nev] sat d[n to compose   
poetry  )\t read+ ,sp5s] = a consid]able
 "t previ\sly4 ,i d n  rememb] t ,gray  
ev] incorporates a ,sp5s]ian phrase 9 8 

own  v]se2 8 in/9ct w\ld h told him t ! 
two /yles w\ld n  agree4 ,b 8 in/9ct    
w\ld also tell him t to ba! himself 9   
,sp5s] be=e ent]+ ! temple ( 8 ,muse 0 a
 sure way ( free+  himself f any        
pollution ( m9d or _s4    ,! #8,elegy   
writt5 9 a ,c\ntry ,*ur*y>d' 0 compos$  
at int]vals  betwe5 #agdf & #agej1 & s5t
 to ,walpole 9 ,june ( t ye>4 ,walpole  
%[$ x to _m fri5ds & 9 "s way x got into
 ! h&s ( a  publi%]1 :o wrote to ,gray  
ann\nc+ 8 int5tion ( pr9t+ x1  & begg+ 8
 #8indulg5ce4' ,gray wrote at once to   
,walpole desir+ him  to let ,dodsley    
pr9t x )\t delay f 8 copy1 & x accord+ly
  appe>$ 9 ,febru>y #af1 #agea1 9 a     
qu>to pamphlet1 pric$ sixp5ce1  &       
entitl$ #8,an ,elegy wrote 9 a ,c\ntry  
,*ur* ,y>d4' ,! fa%ionable  solecism mu/
 be attribut$ to ,walpole1 :o saw ! poem
 ?r\gh !  press1 & prefix$ ?is %ort     
#8adv]tisem5t'3        #8,! foll[+ ,poem
 came into my h&s by ,accid5t1 if      !
 g5]al ,approbation ) :i* ?is little    
,piece has      spread1 may be call'd by

 s slight a ,t]m z ,accid5t4 ,x is      
?is ,approbation :i* makes x unnecess>y 
= me to make      any ,apology b to !   
,au?or3 ,z he _c b feel "s              
,satisfaction 9 hav+ pleas'd s _m       
,read]s already1 ,i      flatt] myself  
he w =give my communicat+ t ,pleasure   
to _m m4 ,! ,editor4'    ,9 8 lett]     
?ank+ ,walpole = 8 #8pat]nal c>e' ( !   
poem ,gray  speaks ( ! adv]tisem5t z    
#8sav+ 8 hon\r'2 :i* c only mean  t he  
?\ght ! poem unwor?y ( be+ (f]$ to !    
public by its  au?or4 ,t ?is 0 n a m]e  
affectation is %[n by 8 annoyance  at   
its in/ant popul>ity1 :i* he ?\ght to be
 due to its subject4 ,he  said x w\ld h 
be5 equally popul> if writt5 9 prose4   
,he writes to  8 fri5d ,dr4 ,:>ton1 aft]
 speak+ ( #8,a ,long ,/ory1' :i* _h be5 
#8%ew'd ab\t 9 ,t[n1 & n lik$ at all'3  
#8,on ! o!r h& ! ,/anzas h _h !         
,mis=tune by      ,mr4 ,w4's fault to be
 made /ill m publick1 = w !y            
c]ta9ly 7 nev] meant1 b is too late to  
compla94 ,!y      h be5 s applaud$1 x is

 q a ,%ame to repeat x4 ,i      mean n  
to be mode/2 b ,i mean x is a ,%ame =   
^?1 :o      h said su* sup]lative ,?+s  
ab\t !m1 t ,i c't      repeat !m4'      
,gray's mode/y 0 /ill fur!r tri$ 9 !    
autumn ( ! same ye> by  ,walpole's      
insi/5ce t he %\ld all[ 8 /ill unpubli%$
 odes1 on  ,spr+1 on ,eton ,college1 &  
on ,walpole's cat1 ) :atev] else he _h  
to furni% a volume1 to appe> )          
illu/rations by ,walpole's protg1       
,ri*>d ,b5tley1 a son ( ! great ,ma/] ( 
,tr9ity4 ,! negotiations1  s f> z we h  
!m 9 ,gray's correspond5ce1 are div]t+4 
,gray  discov]$ t x 0 9 contemplation to
 prefix 8 own portrait2 ?is  he =bade1  
?\gh x 0 already half engrav$4 ,he      
object$ to !  propos$ title & insi/$ t x
 %\ld be #8,designs by ,mr4 ,r4 ,b5tley 
= six poems ( ,mr4 ,t4 ,gray1' on !     
gr\nd t #8! v]ses 7 only  subord9ate &  
explanatory to ! ,draw+s & suff]$ to    
come out ?us  only = t reason4' ,la/ly1 
he object$ to ,dodsley's proposal to    
omit  ! #8,mr4' be=e ! names ( ! poet & 

arti/1 z be+ #8an uncommon  sort (      
simplicity t looks l affectation4' ,?is 
mode/y may h  be5 excessive1 b x is n   
ridicul\s :5 we reflect t ,gray _h  n   
yet produc$ 8 f9e/ "w1 & knew t he _h x 
9 him to write  some?+ m wor?y ( himself
 & ,engli% poetry ?an ! occasional      
pieces :i* ,walpole wi%$ to publi%1 or  
ev5 ?an ! des]v$ly  popul> ,elegy4    ,9
 #ageg ,walpole issu$1 z ! fir/ book f 8
 new pr9t+-press at  ,/rawb]ry ,hill1 a 
qu>to pamphlet entitl$ #8,odes by ,mr4  
,gray1' ) a  vignette on ! title-page ( 
8 ,go?ick ca/le1 & a motto f ,p9d>      
:i* ,gray engli%$ z #8vocal to !        
intellig5t  alone4' ,x conta9$ two odes1
 "h call$ simply ,ode ,i & ,ode ,,ii1   
#8,!  ,progress ( ,poesy' & #8,! ,b>d4' 
,! fir/ ( ^! odes is und\bt$ly  ,gray's 
ma/]piece1 & des]ves all ! /udy t c be  
giv5 to x4  ,! subject1 t ( ! great p[] 
( poetry1 0 "o v ne> to  ,gray's he>t z 
well z to 8 m9d1 & ! s*eme is well ?\ght
 out4  ,!re is no feel+ ( /ra9 9 any "p 
( x4 ,p]sonification1 )  ,gray g5]ally a

 sign ( /ra91 is kept )9 ! limits       
approv$ by  ! great ma/]s4 ,?us we h    
#8antic ,sports & blue-ey$ ,pleasures'  
j z 9 ! #8,allegro' we h #8,je/ & y\?ful
 ,jollity'2 b  !re is no elaborate s]ies
 ( ab/ract figures l t 9 ! two  /anzas  
on ! ,passions 9 ! ,ode on ,eton        
,college4 ,?is fa%ionable               
p]sonification p]haps ju/ifi$ itself to 
,gray z a comb9ation (  ! imag9ative    
me?od ( ,%akespe>e ) ! cle> def9ition ( 
,dryd54 ,:at 9 ,%akespe>e w\ld h be5 a  
metaphor1 h9t$ at  & imm$iately succe$$ 
by ano!r1 becomes too (t5 ) ,gray a     
sub/antial allegorical p]sonage4 ,!re   
seems to u to-day some?+  ess5tially    
unpoetical1 because artificial1 9 !     
po/ur+ gr\ps (  ,furies & ,graces1 & we 
wond] t ,gray ) 8 f9e critical s5se  did
 n feel ?is4 ,we mu/ recognise1 h[ev]1 t
 :5ev] he is deeply  mov$ he escapes f !
 sn>e4 ,two consecutive /anzas 9 !      
#8,ode on  ,vicissitude' %[ h[ 8 v]se   
becomes m direct z x deep5s 9  feel+4   
#8,/ill1 :]e rosy ,pleasure leads1      

,see a k9dr$ ,grief pursue2      ,beh9d 
! /eps t ,mis]y treads1        ,approa*+
 ,com=t view3      ,! hues ( ,bliss m   
lightly gl[1      ,*a/is$ by sabl] t9ts 
( woe1      ,& bl5d$ =m1 ) artful /rife1
      ,! /r5g? & h>mony ( ,life4        
,see ! ,wret*1 t long has to/        ,on
 ! ?orny b$ ( ,pa91      ,at l5g? repair
 8 vig\r lo/1        ,& brea! & walk    
aga93      ,! meane/ fl[ret ( ! vale1   
,! simple/ note t swells ! gale1      ,!
 common ,sun1 ! air1 ! skies1      ,to  
him are op5+ ,p>adise4'    ,:5 ! two    
odes 7 reissu$ !y 7 /yl$ ,p9d>ic1 & !y  
ju/ify _! title1 be+ con/ruct$ 9 a s]ies
 ( /rophe1  anti/rophe1 & epode l ! odes
 ( ,p9d>4 ,b5 ,jonson _h furni%$  "o    
example 9 ! ode to ! memory ( ,sir      
,lucius ,c>y & ,sir ,h5ry  ,morrison1 "o
 /rophe ( :i* is ! (t5-quot$ /anza      
beg9n+1 #8,x  is n gr[+ l a tree4' ,b ! 
"n #8,p9d>ique' _h be5 abus$  by ,c[ley1
 :o1 hold+ ! !ory t #8! lo/ excell5ces (
 ano!r  language' %\ld be suppli$ by    
o!rs ( our own1 _h sub/itut$ an         

expansive eloqu5ce1 "o might almo/ say  
loquacity1 = ! t]se  musical phrase ( 8 
model1 & _h entirely ignor$ !           
int]relation  ( /rophe & anti/rophe4    
,gray recov]$ = ! ,p9d>ic ode bo? !     
music ( phrase & ! balance ( its p>ts4  
,gray's second ode _c be reckon$ z      
unequivocal a success z its  companion4 
,x is f\nd$ on a tradition ( ! murd] ( !
 ,wel% b>ds  by ,edw>d ,i1 & ! e>li]    
portion1 :i* consi/s ( ! spirit$ &      
ju/ifiable curses ( ! la/ survivor on ! 
k+'s prog5y to !  ?ird & f\r? g5]ation1 
is prop] to ! subject1 & conta9s mu*    
f9e rhetoric & a few passages ( a nobl] 
quality4 ,b hav+ writt5  ! fir/ ?ree    
gr\ps ( /anzas1 ,gray held 8 h& = a     
c\ple (  ye>s2 & ! conclusion does n    
c>ry out ! s*eme orig9ally  propos$4 ,f 
! argum5t1 :i* ,mason pr9t$ f ,gray's   
commonplace  book1 we le>n t ! ,b>d 0 to
 pr$ict t all ! k+'s cruelty  #8%all    
nev] ext+ui% ! noble ard\r ( poetic     
g5ius 9 ?is isl&2  & t m5 %all nev] be  
want+ to celebrate true virtue & val\r  

9 immortal /ra9s1 to expose vice &      
infam\s pleasure1 & boldly  c5sure      
tyranny & oppression4' ,:5 ,gray resum$ 
! ,ode he _h *ang$  8 plan1 & ! pres5t  
conclusion c appeal to none b ,wel%m51 =
  :om x is c]ta9 t ,gray did n specially
 write4 ,! consolation  :i* ! ,b>d f9ds 
9 ! future is ! prospect ( a l9e ( ,wel%
  k+s1 ! ,tudors1 culm9at+ 9 ,elizabe?3 
,9 ! mid/ a ,=m div9e      ,h] eye      
proclaims h] ( ! ,briton-l9e2      ,h]  
lyon-port1 h] awe-comm&+ face1          
,attemp]'d sweet to virg9-grace4'       
,elizabe?'s reign is to be m>k$ by a    
revival ( poetry 9 ,sp5s]1  ,%akespe>e1 
& ,milton1 & an un5d+ l9e beyond !m4 ,x 
mu/ be  all[$ t ! skill ( ! poet has    
disguis$ ! weakness ( !  argum5t4 ,= to 
make ! consolation effective !          
effloresc5ce (  poetry %\ld h occurr$ "u
 ! fir/ ,tudor sov]eign1 9 :i*  case x  
might poetically h be5 presum$ to be due
 to him2 & !  ,b>d %\ld n h ov]look$    
,*auc]1 :o fl\ri%$ "u ! sway (  ,edw>d's
 direct desc5dant ,ri*>d ,,ii1 ( ^:     

accession ! ,b>d s+s  9 ! only passage (
 ! ,ode :i* has pass$ into popul>       
curr5cy3          #8,fair laughs !      
,morn1 & s(t ! ,zephyr bl[s1      ,:ile 
pr\dly rid+ o'er ! azure realm1         
,9 gallant trim ! gild$ ,vessel goes2   
,y\? on ! pr[1 & ,pleasure at ! helm2   
,reg>dless ( ! sweep+ ,:irlw9d's sway1  
,t1 hu%'d 9 grim repose1 expects 8      
ev5+-prey4'    ,! #8,elegy' is an       
expression ( ! common he>t1 ?\gh ( t    
common  he>t purifi$ & ennobl$1 & !re=e 
x is ( univ]sal appeal2 (  ! ,odes x is 
true to-day z 9 ,gray's lifetime t !y   
are vocal only  to ! intellectuals4 ,b  
ap>t f its m]its all ,gray's poetry has 
a  special int]e/ ow+ to its place at ! 
meet+-po9t ( ! ,augu/an  & ,romantic    
s*ools4 ,on ! "o h& x reta9s ! notion ( 
poetry z  a happy comb9ation ( words4   
,gray1 9 a lett] to ,mason1 says3       
#8,extreme  concis5ess ( expression1 yet
 pure1 p]spicu\s1 & musical1 is "o (  ! 
gr& beauties ( lyric poetry'2 add+ #8?is
 ,i h always aim$ at  & c\ld nev]       

atta94' ,gray's in/rum5t 0 always !     
file2 he _h  no ta/e = ! v]se ca/ at a  
jet2 & s he c\ld accuse ,coll9s (  hav+ 
a bad e>4 ,9 ! second place1 !re are    
signs 9 ,gray ( t  fir/-h& int]e/ 9     
nature & t respect = ! :ole ( human     
nature1 & n only its intellect1 :i* 0   
soon to inspire ,c[p] &  ,wordswor?4    
,p]haps ,gray is at 8 mod]ne/ 9 ! #8,ode
 on ,vicissitude1'  & 9 t impromptu     
c\plet :i* ,norton ,ni*olls pres]v$3    
#8,!re pipes ! woodl>k1 & ! song-?ru%   
!re      ,scatt]+ 8 loose notes 9 ! wa/e
 ( air'--    if n mo/ mod]n ( all 9 t   
quatra9 ( ! #8,elegy' :i* ,gray's  feel+
 = unity expung$1 b :i* we _c sp>e3     
#8,!re scatt]'d (t ! e>lie/ ( ! ye>1    
,by ,h&s unse51 are %['rs ( violets     
f\nd3      ,! r$-brea/ loves to build & 
w>ble !re1        ,& little foot/eps    
lightly pr9t ! gr\nd4'    ,leslie ,/eph5
 says happily ab\t ,gray & 8 fri5ds t   
#8!y 7  feel+ r\nd vaguely = a new mode 
( lit]>y & arti/ic enjoym5t4'  ,?is     
feel+ aft] some?+ m satisfy+ to ! :ole  

range (  ?\ght & emotion ?an 0 af=d$ by 
! critical s*ool ( ,pope  _h already    
giv5 evid5ce ( itself 9 sev]al ways4    
,?omson & ,dy]1  foll[+ ea* 8 p>ticul>  
b5t1 _h f\nd inspiration = poetry  9    
c\ntry life & l&scape4 ,gray welcom$ !  
v5ture ( bo? ^!  poets4 ,we "k f 8      
lett]s h[ att5tive 0 8 own obs]vation1  
& h[ he took long j\rneys 9 se>* ( !    
picturesque1 especially  9 m\nta9 sc5]y2
 b ! evid5ce ( ?is 9 8 poetry is only   
incid5tal1 z 9 ! ref]5ce to #8,sn[don's 
%aggy side4' ,ano!r  =m tak5 by ?is     
dissatisfaction 0 ! revival ( int]e/ 9 !
  popul> ballad lit]ature4 ,! discov]y  
by ,?omas ,p]cy ( 8 fam\s  folio />t$ a 
new =m ( poetry 9 :i* ,goldsmi? l$ !    
way4 ,b  ?\gh ,gray _h se5 ,p]cy's book 
z e>ly z #agfa1 x came too late to      
influ5ce 8 production2 & we may guess t 
8 m9d 0 too erudite  to h f\nd          
expression 9 ! simplicity ( ! ballad4 ,(
 f> m  int]e/ to him 0 ,macph]son's     
discov]y ( fragm5ts ( ,highl&  poetry4  
,he describes himself z #8extasi ) _!   

inf9ite beauty'2  on :i* ! late ,mr4    
,tovey1 to :om a great debt is ow$ = 8  
s*ol>ly edition ( ,gray's lett]s1 makes 
! dry comm5t t "s (  ! fragm5ts 7 work$ 
up f passages 9 #8,! ,b>d4' ,we may be  
glad  t ,macph]son's discov]y came1 l   
,p]cy's1 too late to influ5ce  ,gray's  
own poetry4 ,8 int]e/ 9 ! e>ly lit]ature
 ( ! ,european  nations has giv5 u a few
 fragm5ts f ! ,norse & ,wel*4 ,! rem>k  
( ,leslie ,/eph5 quot$ above ref]r$ to !
 int]e/ t ,gray &  ,walpole took 9      
,go?ic ar*itecture4 ,?is influ5c$       
,gray's poetry only  indirectly2 b x _h 
"s effect 9 ! way x 0 pres5t$ to !      
public4 ,:5 ,walpole und]took to conv]t 
8 newly pur*as$ h\se at  ,twick5ham into
 a ,go?ick ca/le1 ! arti/ he employ$ to 
help him 9  8 designs 0 ,ri*>d ,b5tley2 
& :5 ,gray _h sprung sudd5ly into  fame 
by ! #8,elegy1' ,walpole urg$ him to    
publi% 8 o!r poems )  designs by        
,b5tley4 ,:e!r ^! des]ve ! poetical     
encomium ,gray  made ^u !m1 ,i w n      
presume to say2 b !y are und\bt$ly v    

#8,go?ick4'    ,x is z a poet t we      
celebrate ,gray's bic5t5>y1 b ^?  p]sons
 :o d n c>e = poetry may celebrate him z
 a man & a  lett]-writ]4 ,z a man he is 
secure ( our affection z soon z we get  
to "k him1 & any "o may "k him :o w read
 8 lett]s1 ( :i*  !re is a great /ore2 &
 /ill m h come to light lately1 &  h be5
 well edit$ by ,mr4 ,paget ,toynbee4    
,!re are few m5 ( lett]s  ( s attractive
 a nature z ,gray4 ,p]haps he is ! mo/  
lovable ( all  except ,*>les ,lamb1 & ) 
,lamb1 despite _m obvi\s diff]5ces1  he 
has _m po9ts 9 common4 ,!y 7 bo? solit>y
 creatures liv+  a recluse life1 9 ! _w 
b n ( x1 _! be/ companions among  !     
dead2 !y 7 bo? exquisite critics2 !y 7  
bo? a prey to  melan*oly1 or r1 z ,gray 
said1 to #8leuko*oly'2 :ite bile n      
black2 !y _h bo? a delicate & delightful
 hum\r2 !y 7 bo?  ! s\l ( g5tle         
goodness4 ,& s x comes ab\t t ! lett]s  
( bo?1 9 :i* !y live to u1 are among !  
few ext]nal goods  :i* are necess>y to  
happ9ess4 ,! *>m ( a lett] ( ,gray's    

lies  p>tly 9 ?is int]e/ ( 8 "*1 & p>tly
 9 ! p]fect  felicity ) :i* ev]y?+ is   
said4 ,!re is no?+ slov5ly1  or         
f>-fet*$1 or pomp\s1 or make%ift2 ev5 9 
! %orte/ &  app>5tly mo/ ha/y note1 8   
t\* is p]fectly sure & 8 ta/e           
faultless2 if we except "s ,hog>?ian    
passages :i* smack ( ! age  r ?an !     
individual4 ,x might n seem probable    
be=eh& t  ! lett]s ( a man ^: days w5t  
#8r\nd & r\nd l ! bl9d  horse 9 !       
mill'--#8sw++ f *apel or hall home & f  
home to  hall or *apel'--c\ld h mu* to  
say t w\ld be ( g5]al int]e/4           
,occasionally1 inde$1 he goes a         
j\rney--! gr& t\r ) ,walpole1 or  to !  
,highl&s1 or to see 8 fri5d ,:>ton at   
,old ,p>k1 or to ,/oke  ,poges to 8     
relations1 & !n we get lively en\gh     
descriptions4 ,b  ^! are episodes4 ,!   
ma9 topics ( 8 e-day correspond5ce  are 
8 melan*oly or 8 indol5ce1 ,mason's     
poetry1 ,cambridge &  ,*ur* news1 !     
,briti% ,museum1 politics1 criticism (  
curr5t  lit]ature1--,r\sseau1 or ,/]ne1 

or ,dodsley's poets1--8 dab ( musick  & 
pr9ts1' go?ick1 hyac9?s1 & ! wea!r4     
,occasionally1 only  occasionally1 he   
all[s himself to slip out a little t[n  
gossip1 #8z a  decay$ g5tlewoman w\ld a 
piece ( "r meckl9 or a little quantity  
( run tea1 b ?is only n[ & !n1 n to make
 a practice ( x4'          ,,! ,,real   
,,?+3 #8,s4 ,o4 ,s4'    ,,by ,,william  
,,hope ,,hodgson4    ,copyright1 #aiag1 
by ,william ,hope ,hodgson1 9 ! ,unit$  
,/ates ( ,am]ica4      #8,big l9] on    
fire 9 #ee4dc ,n4 & #cb4ai ,w41' %\ts ! 
,capta91 div+  into 8 *>t-room4 #8,"h we
 are6 ,give me ! p>allels6'    ,! ,fir/ 
,(fic] & ! ,capta9 figure busily = a    
m9ute4    #8,nor?1 #ae ,we/1' says !    
,ma/]2 & #8,nor?1 #ae ,we/1' ass5ts !   
,fir/ ,(fic]1 fl++ d[n 8 p5cil4 #8,a    
hundr$ & sev5te5 miles1  dead 9 ! w9d6' 
#8,come on6' says ! ,capta92 & ! two (  
!m da% out ( !  *>t-room into ! ro>+    
black night1 & up on to ! bridge4       
#8,nor?1 #ae ,we/6' ! ,ma/] %\ts 9 !    
face ( ! burly helmsman4  #8,ov] ) h]1  

sm>t6'    #8,nor?1 #ae ,we/1 ,sir1' %\ts
 back ! big qu>t]ma/]1 & :irls !  spokes
 to />bo>d1 ) ! /e]+-ge> eng9e ro>+4    
,! great vessel sw+s r\nd aga9/ ! night1
 ) enorm\s sc5ds1  smit+ ! faces ( !    
great seas ) h] sev5ty-feet-high b[s4   
,cra%6 ,a ro> ( wat] abo>d1 z a hundr$  
phosphoresc5t tons (  sea-wat] hurls    
inbo>d out ( ! d>kness1 & ru%es aft     
along  ! l[] decks1 boil+ & surg+ ov] ! 
hat*ways1 cap/ans1  deck-fitt+s1 & r\nd 
! corn]s ( ! deck-h\ses4    ,! %ip has  
hit ! fifty-mile-an-h\r gale full 9 !   
face1 & !  eng9e telegraph /&s at full  
spe$4 ,! ,ma/] has ^w ) t ,k+  ( !      
,und]world1 ! ,*ief ,eng9e]2 & ! ,*ief  
goes bel[ himself  to take *>ge1 j z !  
,ma/] has tak5 *>ge on deck4    ,!re is 
fre% news f ! ,op]ator's ,room4 ,!      
vessel some:]e out  9 ! night & ! grim  
/orm is ! ,s4,s4 ,v&]field1 ) sixty     
fir/-class pass5g]s & sev5 hundr$ /e]age
 & %e is alight  =r>d4 ,! fire has got a
 /rong hold1 & !y h already lo/ ?ree    
boats1 sma%$ to pieces z !y tri$ to     

laun* !m1 & e man1  woman1 & *ild 9 !   
boats cru%$ to dea? or dr[n$4    #8,damn
 ^! old-fa%ion$ davits6' says ! ,ma/]1 z
 he reads !  wireless op]ator's notes4  
#8,!y won't lift a boat out cle> ( !    
%ip's side1 if %e's roll+ a bit4 ,!     
boats 9 a %ip are j  ornam5ts1 if y've n
 got prop] ma*9]y = laun*+ !m4 ,we've   
got ! new d]ricks1 & we c l[] a boat1 s 
%e /rikes ! wat]1  =ty feet cle> ( !    
side1 in/ead ( ba%+ to pieces1 l a      
sixty-foot p5dulum1 aga9/ our side6'    
,he %\ts a "q ov] 8 %\ld]1 /&+ !re by ! 
b9nacle3    #8,:at's %e do+1 ,mi/]      
,&rews8'    #8,tw5ty & ?ree-qu>t] knots1
 ,sir1' says ! ,second ,(fic]1 :o has   
be5 9 *>ge4 #8,b ! ,*ief's rais+ h]     
revolutions e m9ute4444  ,%e's ne>ly on 
to ! tw5ty-"o n[4'    #8,& ev5 if we    
lick t we'll be ov] five h\rs rea*+ h]1'
 mutt]s  ! ,ma/] to himself4            
,mean:ile ! wireless is beat+ a message 
( hope across a hundr$  miles ( night & 
/orm & wild wat]s4    #8,com+6 ,!       
,r4,m4,s4 ,cornucopia is proce$+ at full

 spe$ 9 y\r  direction4 ,keep u in=m$ h[
 y are4444'    ,!n foll[s a brief       
un(ficial /atem5t1 a he>t-to-he>t ^w    
betwe5  ! "y m5 op]ators ( ! two %ips1  
across ! hundr$-mile gulf (  black seas3
    #8,buck up1 old man4 ,we'll d x yet6
 ,we're simply pil+ into ! /orm1  l a   
giddy cliff4 ,%e's do+ close on         
tw5ty-"o1 !y've j told  me1 aga9/ ?is   
breeze2 & ! ,*ief's d[n 9 ! /okeholds   
himself  ) a f\rte5-in* wr5* & a d\ble  
wat* ( /ok]s6 ,keep all y\r  peck]s up4 
,i'll let y "k if we spe$-up any m6'    
,! ,op]ator has be5 brief & lit]al1 &   
has r "u-/at$ !  facts4 ,! ,levia?an is 
n[ hurl+ all h] fifty-?\s&-ton l5g?     
?r\gh ! great seas at some?+ approa*+ a 
tw5ty-two knot /ride2  & ! spe$ is ris+4
    ,d[n 9 ! eng9e-room & /okeholds1 !  
,*ief1 m9us 8 ov]alls1  is a coatless   
demi-god1 ) life 9 "o h& & a f\rte5-in* 
wr5*  9 ! o!r2 n t ?is wr5* is 9 any way
 necess>y1 = !  half-nak$ m5 /ream will+
 sweat 9 a sil5ce brok5 only by ! rasp  
( ! big %ovels & ! clang ( !            

furnace-doors1 & ! ,*ief's  voice4    ,!
 ,*ief is "y aga92 "y & a ,k+ to-night1 
& ! r\gh days  ( 8 y\? h surg$ back ov] 
him4 ,he has pick$ up ! wr5*            
unconsci\sly1 & he walks ab\t1 twirl+ x 
9 8 fi/2 & !  /ok]s "w ! bett] = !      
homely sight ( x1 & ! %>p tang (  8     
words1 t miss no man ( !m all4    ,& !  
great %ip feels ! effect4 ,h] giant     
tread has brok5 into  an ev]la/+ ?und]1 
z h] %\ld]s hurl ! seas to port &       
/>bo>d1 9 %att]$ hills ( wat]1 t surge  
to "r & left 9  half-mile drifts (      
phosphoresc5t foam1 "u ! roll ( h]      
,g>gantuan  flanks4           99        
99       99       99       99    ,! fir/
 h\r has pass$1 & !re h be5 two fre%    
messages f  t vessel1 flam+ f> (f1 lo/ &
 alone1 out 9 ! wild ro> (  ! wat]s4    
,!re has be5 an explosion =r>d 9 ! burn+
 %ip1  & ! fire has come aft z f> z !   
ma9 bunk]s4 ,!re has be5 a  panic       
attempt to l[] two m ( ! boats1 & ea*   
has be5 sma%$  to fl9d]s ( wood aga9/ ! 
side ( ! burn+ %ip1 z %e roll$4  ,e s\l 

9 !m has be5 kill$ or dr[n$1 & !        
,op]ator 9 !  burn+ %ip asks a p]sonal  
"q t has ! fir/ t\* ( real  despair 9 x2
 & !re ensues ano!r little he>t-to-he>t 
talk  betwe5 ! two "y m53    #8,hone/   
n[1 d y ?9k y c d x8'    #8,sure1' says 
! ,op]ator 9 ! ,cornucopia4 #8,we're do+
 :at we've  nev] done at sea be=e 9     
heavy wea!r4 ,we're t\*+ )9 a knot  (   
our 8trials0 spe$--we're do+ tw5ty-f\r &
 a half knots2 & we're  do+ x aga9/ ?is6
 ,hon\r bright1 old man6 ,i'll n deceive
 y  at a "t l ?is4 ,i nev] saw any?+ l  
:at we're do+4 ,all  ! eng9e]s are 9 !  
eng9e-room1 & all ! (fic]s are on !     
boat-deck1 ov]haul+ ! boats & ge>4      
,we've got ^? new =ty-foot  boat        
d]ricks1 & we c %ove a boat into ! wat] 
) 'em1 ) !  %ip roll+ half "u4 ,! ,old  
,man's on ! bridge2 & ,i guess y're  j  
go+ to be sav$ all "r4444 ,y ought to   
he> u6 ,i tell y1  man1 %e's j welt+ !  
seas to a pulp1 & skat+ along to y on  !
 top ( !m4'    ,! ,op]ator is "r4 ,!    
great %ip seems alive to-night1 along   

all  h] %apely eight hundr$ feet (      
m>vell\s1 hone/1 beautiful /eel4  ,h]   
enorm\s b[s take ! seas z on a horn1 &  
hurl !m ro>+  into scream+ drifts (     
foam4 ,%e is s++ a song1 =e & aft1 &  ! 
?und] ( h] grey /eel flanks is /up5d\s1 
z %e spurns !  mutilat$ seas & ! gale & 
! bleak intol]able miles into h] wake4  
99       99       99       99       99  
,! second & ?ird h\rs pass1 & "p ( !    
f\r?1 9 an  int]mitt5t ?und] ( spe$4 ,& 
! spe$ has be5 fur!r increas$2  = n[ !  
,levia?an is lay+ ! miles a/]n1         
tw5ty-n9e 9  ea* h\r2 h] sides drunk5 ) 
black wat] & spume--a dripp+1           
league-conqu]+1 fifty-?\s&-ton %ape (   
/eel & /eam &  bra9s1 go+ l "s /up5d\s  
,angel ( ,help across ! black           
,desolation ( ! night4           99     
99       99       99       99           
,incr$ibly f> away1 d[n on ! black      
horizons ( ! night1 !re %[s  a fa9t r$  
gl[4 ,!re is %\t+ along ! bridge4       
#8,!re %e is6' goes ! ^w =e & aft4      
#8,!re %e is6'    ,mean:ile ! wireless  

messages pulse across ! d>kness3 ,! fire
 is  burn+ ) t]rible fury4 ,! =e-"p ( ! 
,v&]field's iron  sk9 is actually gl[+  
r$-hot 9 places4 ,despair is seiz+      
ev]yone4  ,w ! com+ ,cornucopia nev]1   
nev] come8    ,! "y ,op]ators talk1 us+ 
in=mal words3    #8,look out to ! ,s\? (
 y1 = our se>*light1' replies ! man 9  !
 wireless-room ( ! ,cornucopia4 #8,!    
,old ,man's go+ to play x  aga9/ !      
cl\ds1 to let y see we're com+4 ,tell   
'em all to look out  = x4 ,x'll *e] !m  
up4 ,we're walk+ along ?r\gh ! smo!r l  
an express4 ,man6 ,man6 we're do+ our   
8trials0 spe$1 tw5ty-five & a  half     
knots1 aga9/ ?is4 ,d y realise x--aga9/ 
?is6 ,look along  to ! ,s\?4 ,n[6'      
99       99       99       99       99  
,!re is a hiss+ on ! =e-bridge1 q unhe>d
 9 ! ro> ( !  /orm2 & !n !re %oots out  
across ! miles ( night & brok5  seas !  
:ite fan-blaze ( ! se>*light4 ,x beats l
 an enorm\s  baton aga9/ ! black canopy 
( ! mon/r\s /orm-cl\ds1 beat+  to !     
huge1 ?und]+ melody ( ! ro> & onw>d hurl

 ( !  fifty-?\s&-ton rescu]1 toss+ !    
bill[s to "r & left1 z %e  /rides ?r\gh 
! miles4    ,& :at a sight x is1 9 !    
gl>e ( ! great light1 z x desc5ds  & %[s
 ! huge seas6 ,a great cliff ( black    
wat] re>s up1 & leaps  =w>d at ! %ip's  
b[s4 ,!re is a ?und]\s impact1 & ! %ip  
has smitt5 ! great sea 9 twa91 & toss$ x
 boil+ & ro>+  on to h] iron flanks2 &  
is tread+ x into ! welt] ( foam t       
surr\nds h] on e side--a rag+ te/imony1 
( foam & %att]$  seas1 to ! might ( h]  
mile-dev\r+ /ride4    ,ano!r1 & ano!r1 &
 ano!r black1 mov+ cliff rises up out ( 
!  wat]-valleys1 :i* %e /rides across2 &
 ea* is brok5 & toss$  mutilat$ f h]    
%apely1 mighty1 unafraid %\ld]s4        
99       99       99       99       99  
,a message is com+1 v weak & fa9t1 ?r\gh
 ! receiv]3    #8,we've pick$ up y\r    
se>*light1 old man4 ,x's com=t$ u       
mightily2  b we c't la/ mu* long]4 ,!   
dynamo's /opp$4 ,i'm runn+ on my        
batt]ies4444' ,x dw9dles (f into sil5ce1
 brok5 by fragm5ts ( a  message1 too    

weakly project$ to be deciph]able4      
99       99       99       99       99  
#8,look at h]6' ! (fic]s %\t to "o ano!r
 on ! bridge2 = !  yell ( ! w9d & !     
%ip-?und] is too great = ord9>y spee* to
  be he>d4 ,!y are />+ ?r\gh _! glasses4
 ,"u a black canopy (  belli$           
/orm-cl\ds1 %ot ) a dull r$ gl[+1 !re is
 toss$ up on  ! backs ( f>-away seas1 a 
f>-(f %ip1 seem+ incr$ibly m9ute1       
because ( ! di/ance2 & f h] =e-"p sp\ts 
a sway+ t[] (  flame4    #8,we'll nev] d
 x 9 "t6' says ! "y ,six? ,(fic] into ! 
e> (  ! ,fif?4           99       99    
99       99       99    ,! burn+ %ip is 
n[ less ?an ?ree miles away1 & ! black  
backs  ( ! great seas are spla%$ ) huge1
 ev] %ift+ reflections4    ,?r\gh !     
glasses x is possible n[ to see !       
details ( !  trem5d\s hold ! fire has   
got on ! %ip2 &1 away aft1 ! huddl$     
masses ( ! six hundr$ odd rema9+        
pass5g]s4    ,z !y wat*1 "o ( ! funnels 
disappe>s ) an unhe>d cra%1 & a  great  
sp\t ( flame & sp>ks %oot up4    #8,x'll

 g ?r\gh h] bottom6' %\ts ! ,second     
,(fic]2 b !y "k  ?is does n happ51 = %e 
/ill floats4           99       99      
99       99       99    ,sudd5ly comes !
 ?rill+ cry ( #8,out d]ricks6' & !re is 
a rac+  ( feet & %\t$ ord]s4 ,!n ! great
 d]ricks sw+ out f !  %ip's side1 a     
boat's l5g? above ! boat-deck4 ,!y are  
h+$1 &  support$ d[n almo/ to ! draught 
l9e ( ! %ip4 ,!y rea* out  =ty feet cle>
 ( ! %ip's side4    ,! ,levia?an is     
bur/+ ?r\gh ! f9al miles ( wild seas2 & 
!n  ! telegraph bell r+s1 & %e sl[s d[n1
 n m ?an t5 or  twelve hundr$ y>ds to   
w9d'ard ( ! burn+ hull1 :i* rises &     
falls1 a /up5d\s spectacle on ! wa/e (  
black seas4    ,! fifty-?\s&-ton rac]   
has p]=m$ h] noble "w1 & n[ !  "w lies )
 ! boats & ! m54           99       99  
99       99       99    ,! se>*light    
fla%es d[n on to ! ne> wat]1 & ! boats  
%oot  out 9 ! #8travell]s1' !n are      
dropp$ cle> ( ! mighty flanks (  ! ,"m  
,%ip4    ,! ,levia?an lies to w9dw>d (  
!m1 to break ! =ce ( ! seas1  & oil bags

 are put out4    ,! p 9 ! burn+ %ip     
greet ! %ip ) mad *e]s4 ,! wom5  are    
hove bodily into ! seas1 on ! ends (    
l9es4 ,!y float 9 _!  cork jackets4 ,m5 
take *ildr5 9 _! arms1 & jump1 simil>ly 
equipp$4 ,& all are easily pick$ up by !
 boats1 9 ! blaze ( !  rescu]'s         
se>*lights t brood on leagues ( ocean1  
/rangely subdu$  by ! floods ( oil :i* !
 big %ip is pump+ on to ! seas4         
,ev]y:]e lies ! /range %e5 ( oil1 "h 9 a
 sudd5 valley (  br9e1 unse51 or !re on 
! %\ld] ( "s mon/r\s wave1 sudd5ly  eas$
 ( its deadl9ess2 or aga91 ! same       
fluoresc5ce swirls ov] "s  half-league (
 eddy-flatt5$ ocean1 re/+ betwe5        
ef=ts--toss+  m9or oil-soo!d ridges into
 ! trem5d\s lights4    ,!n ! ,levia?an  
/eams to leew>d ( ! burn+ %ip1 & picks  
up h] boats4 ,%e takes ! rescu$ pass5g]s
 abo>d1 & returns  to w9dw>d2 !n drops !
 boats aga91 & repeats ! previ\s        
op]ations1 until e man1 woman1 & *ild is
 sav$4    ,z ! la/ boat sw+s up at ! end
 ( ! great d]ricks abo>d !  ,cornucopia 

!re is a f9al volcano ( flame f ! burn+ 
%ip1  light+ up ! black belly ( ! sky   
into bill[+ cl\ds ( r$ness4  ,!re falls 
! et]nal blackness ( ! night4444 ,!     
,v&]field has  gone4    ,! ,levia?an    
sw+s r\nd ?r\gh ! night1 ) h] six hundr$
 sav$2  & beg9s to s+ aga9 9 h] deep    
he>t1 lay+ ! miles & !  /orm a/]n once  
m1 9 a deep l[ ?und]4          ,,! ,,w> 
,,9 ,,p]spective4    ,,by ,,dr4 ,w4 ,h4 
,,fit*ett4      ,! pres5t w> is ! bigge/
 ev5t 9 secul> hi/ory--s big inde$  t   
its scale evades ! imag9ation4 ,its     
cause _c be cond5s$ into  a =mula or its
 /ory told 9 a volume4 ,b e w>1 soon] or
 lat]1  f9ds lit]>y expression2 & !     
pres5t gigantic /ruggle ne$s1 &  w      
create1 a new lit]ature ( its own1      
beside :i* all ! re/ (  secul> lit]ature
 w seem petty4 ,a hundr$ ye>s h5ce      
pr(essional  soldi]s w be spell+ out its
 /rategy2 toil+ hi/orians w  be collat+ 
& record+ its ev5ts2 philosoph]s w be   
analys+  its causes1 morali/s 9         
spectacles w be assess+ its spiritual   

elem5ts4 ,:at a lit]ature--/rategic1    
sci5tific1 political1 f9ancial1         
geographical1 legal1 m$ical1 p]sonal--x 
w be6    ,& :5 all su* que/ions are     
dealt ) !re w yet rema9 t  aspect ( ! w>
 :i* has no?+ to d ) /rategy1 or        
politics1 or  f9ance4 ,x deals ) !      
purely human int]e/s & emotions ( !     
/ruggle2 its picturesqu5ess2 its        
dramatic incid5ts2 ! /rophe &           
anti/rophe ( moral =ces x reveals2 its  
lit]>y aspects1 9 a ^w2  ?+s 9 x :i*    
w\ld h arre/$ ! imag9ation ( ,%akespe>e1
  & suppli$ ! text = mighti] dramas ?an 
#8,macbe?' or #8,hamlet'2  incid5ts t   
,scott w\ld h wov5 into romance2 follies
 :i* might  h giv5 ,swift ! text = ke5] 
satire ?an ev5 8 #8,tale ( a  ,tub'2    
h]oisms t a great] ,byron may set to m  
res\nd+ music ?an  ev5 ^? fam\s l9es :i*
 tell ( ,wat]loo4 ,&1 x may be add$1 x  
is possible already to see 9 ?is amaz+  
w> "s aspects :i* w  d m ?an m]ely      
*all5ge ! lit]>y imag9ation1 ! s5se ( ! 
wond]ful4    ,to beg9 ) :at is ne>e/3 ! 

new scale ( ! w>1 ! /range  temp]1 !    
t]rific weapons ) :i* x is be+ f\ght1 w 
c]ta9ly prove1 = c5turies to come1 an   
irresi/ible *all5ge to !  lit]>y        
imag9ation4 ,:5 ! fir/ %ot 9 ?is w> 0   
fir$1 !  :ole famili> & accept$         
ari?metic ( battle w5t sudd5ly to wreck4
  ,x 0 a w>1 n ( armies1 b ( nations4 ,z
 a result we h to ?9k  ( ! cont5d+ =ces 
9 t]ms ( millions4    ,au/ralia1 =      
example1 supplies a pro( ( ! enorm\sly  
exp&$  scale ( ?is w>4 ,! /&+ army (    
,imp]ial ,rome consi/$ (  #bfj1jjj m54  
,au/ralia is a community ( only five    
million p2 w>  to x is a totally new    
exp]i5ce4 ,yet x has rais$1 equipp$1 &  
s5t  to a battlefield #ab1jjj miles     
di/ant an army equal 9 numb] to !  /&+  
army ( ! ,caes>s1 at ! "t ! ,caes>s 7 ! 
ma/]s  ( ! civilis$ _w4 ,great ,brita9  
af=ds ano!r example ( !  amaz+ly exp&$  
realm ( ! w>4 ,%e hates /&+ armies1     
hates  !m s mu* t %e w only pass !      
,mut9y ,act1 :i* makes an army  ( any   
sort possible1 = a ye> at a "t4 ,!      

,briti% =mula is a big  fleet & a little
 army4 ,:5 ?is w> broke out ! regul>    
=ces (  ,great ,brita9 consi/$ ( only   
#ahf1jjj m54 ,:5 ! w> 0 n yet  two ye>s 
old1 ! ,briti% fleet _h tak5 a scale )\t
 prec$5t 9  hi/ory2 9 addition ,great   
,brita9 _h rais$ an army :i* approa*$   
#e1jjj1jjj & 9 :i* e man 0 a volunte]4  
,if ! av]age ,lib]al  memb] ( ,p>liam5t 
_h be5 told1 say1 ?ree ye>s ago1 t      
,great  ,brita91 9 addition to hav+ a   
fleet 9 scale s trem5d\s1 w\ld  h a l&  
=ce ( #e1jjj1jjj1 he probably w\ld h    
assault$ 8  int]locutor4 ,b ,great      
,brita91 hav+ rais$ by volunt>y ef=t ^? 
#e1jjj1jjj1 has actually pass$ a        
,conscription ,bill = ! rema9d] (  its  
population4    ,! battles ( to-day take 
su* a scale1 la/ s long1 & are f\ght  "u
 su* /range conditions1 t we h to inv5t 
new names =  !m4 ,!y are nei!r #8sieges'
 nor #8battles1' b a comb9ation (  bo?2 
& s we call !m siege-battles4 ,t #8fir/ 
& la/ ( fights1  k+-mak+ ,wat]loo1' :5  
set aga9/ ! ari?metic ( ! pres5t  w>1   

dw9dles into a skirmi%4 ,! little %all[ 
valley outside  ,brussels1 :]e ,napoleon
 & ,well+ton measur$ swords ) ea* o!r1  
& "o ( ! greate/ soldi]s 9 hi/ory end$ 8
 c>e]1 is 9 area  ?ree miles by two1 &  
lies op5 to a s+le glance4 ,wat]loo     
itself  began at #aa o'clock 9 ! morn+1 
& end$ be=e #i o'clock at night2  x     
might h be5 f\ght "u ! ,factories ,act4 
,let !re be set beside x ! great        
siege-battle ( ! ,aisne1 :i*  began on  
,septemb] #ae1 #aiad1 & is go+ on /ill1 
) l\d] ?und]s  & va/] slaught] ?an ev]4 
,its field has l5g!n$ into a ribbon  (  
contort$ tr5*es /ret*+ f ! ,nor? ,sea to
 ! ,alps1 a  di/ance ( #ejj miles1 & f1 
or 91 ^? /range1 va/1 f>-runn+  dit*es1 
n[ = ne>ly two ye>s1 "s #c1jjj1jjj m51 !
 be/ fight]s  9 hi/ory1 arm$ ) an       
artill]y :i* sugge/s no?+ s mu* z  !    
weapons ) :i* ,milton equipp$ ,satan & 8
 ho/s 9 _! w>  ) ! angels1 h be5 slay+  
ea* o!r4 ,! deep ?und] ( !  guns1 !     
tumult ( fight+ m51 h nev] ceas$ to s\nd
 at "o po9t  or ano!r along ^? five     

hundr$ miles = ne>ly two ye>s4 ,v]dun1  
) all its passion & slaught]1 its six   
mon?s' wre/le ( guns &  infantry1 is a  
m]e episode 9 ?is trem5d\s siege-battle2
 a score (  ,wat]loos & ,m>5gos h be5   
f\ght dur+ its progress1 & h  sc>cely   
f\nd a record4    ,! mo/ brilliant *apt]
 9 ,briti% milit>y hi/ory be=e !  pres5t
 w> 0 c]ta9ly ,well+ton's campaigns 9 ! 
,p59sula4 ,!y  la/$ six ye>s4 ,! ,briti%
 =ces "u ,well+ton seldom approa*$1  &  
nev] exce$$1 #ej1jjj m54 ,napi] cond5ses
 ! /ory into a  s+le s5t5ce ( /ately &  
resonant prose4 ,9 t great /ruggle  !   
,briti% =ces #8f\ght & won n9ete5 pit*$ 
battles1 made or  su/a9$ t5 sieges1 took
 f\r great =tresses2 kill$1 w\nd$1 &    
took #bjj1jjj enemies1 etc42' & ! co/ ( 
all ?is is to be f\nd  9 #8! bones (    
#dj1jjj ,briti% soldi]s' :i* #8lie      
scatt]$ on !  pla9s & m\nta9s ( !       
,p59sula4' ,b ,sir ,john ,fr5*'s army 9 
,france lo/ 9 ?ree weeks m ?an          
,well+ton's armies 9 ! ,p59sula  lo/ 9  
six ye>s6 ,9 a s+le episode ( !         

siege-battle beyond !  ,aisne           
,valley--say1 ! second battle ( ,ypres1 
:i* la/$ f\r days--!  ,briti% employ$   
great] =ces1 & su/a9$ great] losses1 ?an
 9  ,well+ton's six campaigns 9 !       
,p59sula4    ,! mo/ brilliant1 desp]ate1
 & bloody siege ( ^? campaigns 0  t (   
,badajos1 9 #ahab4 ,no "o :o has read ! 
/ory ,napi] tells (  h[1 on ! night     
,badajos 0 /orm$1 ! m5 ( ! ,light       
,division di$  on its d>k brea*1 c ev]  
=get ! tale4 ,n[ ! siege ( ,badajos     
la/$ tw5ty days2 x co/ ,well+ton #ejjj  
m54 ,! /orm+ p>ties  7 let loose at #aj 
o'clock on ! night ( ,april #f2 :5 morn+
 dawn$  ,badajos 0 won4 ,comp>e ?is )   
,v]dun4 ,! ,g]man attack began  on      
,febru>y #bc4 ,"s #cjjj guns--among/ !m 
! great h[itz]s t  de/roy$ ,namur--p\r$ 
= days & nights an unceas+ tempe/ ( high
  explosives on ! ,fr5* l9es4 ,!n !     
assault 0 laun*$4 ,= ne>ly  six mon?s ! 
?und] ( ! ,g]man guns has ris5 & sunk1 b
 nev]  ceas$2 aga9 & aga91 n[ on "o     
po9t1 n[ on ano!r1 ! va/ grey  waves ( !

 ,g]man infantry h flung !mselves 9     
bloody ebb &  fl[ on ! ,fr5* position4  
,:at ! ,g]man losses h be5 c only  be   
guess$2 !y mu/ rea* half a million m54  
,& /ill ! tricol\r  flies ov] ,v]dun4   
,if we take ! fight+ on ! sea1 aga91 !re
 is ! same trem5d\s  increase ( scale4  
,trafalg> is--or 01 till ,may #ca ( !   
pres5t  ye>--! greate/ sea-fight "u !   
,briti% flag1 & x is curi\s  to set x 9 
contra/ ) ! fight 9 ! ,nor? ,sea4 ,!    
resemblances  & diff]5ces ( ! two great 
battles are alike mo/ /rik+4 ,t  little1
 "o-ey$1 "o-arm$1 wea!r-beat51 sun-tann$
 figure1 ,nelson1  is ! dom9at+ figure 9
 ,trafalg>2 & he is /ill ! mo/ fam\s (  
all :o h l$ ! fleets ( ,great ,brita9   
into battle4 ,b if we turn  to ! rec5t  
battle 9 ! ,nor? ,sea--a battle s       
spl5didly f\ght1 &  s ill-told--x is    
cle> t1 9 quickness ( vision to read !  
iron  alphabet ( sea-battle1 & 9 ! da% &
 fire ) :i* he d>$  all risks to turn & 
hold 8 enemy1 ,sir ,david ,beatty is (  
,nelson's  s*ool1 & has #8! ,nelson     

t\*4' ,nelson himself1 inde$1 c\ld h>dly
  h done bett] on t foggy aft]noon 9 !  
,nor? ,sea ?an ,sir ,david  ,beatty did4
 ,= seaman%ip1 = te*nical skill1 & =    
pure val\r1  ! ,nor? ,sea fight1 9      
brief1 w comp>e ) ,trafalg>4 ,b 9 its   
g5]al aspect1 9 ! scale ( ! =ces engag$1
 & 9 ! am\nt (  de/ruction a*iev$--& !  
t]rify+ spe$ ( t de/ruction--!  two     
battles are utt]ly unlike ea* o!r4 ,a   
comp>ison betwixt !m  %[s h[ completely 
! :ole physiognomy ( sea-battle is      
*ang$4  ,beatty's six battle-cruis]s    
c>ri$ only #i-;in* arm\r1 b !y _h !     
hitt+-p[] ( ,dreadn\ghts & ! pace (     
de/roy]s2 & spe$ 0  ! great feature ( ! 
,nor? ,sea fight4 ,! %ips engag$ "u bo? 
flags 7 among/ ! swifte/ afloat1 & !    
battle 0 f\ght at full  spe$4 ,at !     
critical mom5t ( ! fight ! %ips (       
,beatty's squadron  7 travell+ at ! rate
 ( ?irty miles an h\r1 fir+ z !y  rac$4 
,!y c\ld head1 & turn1 ! l9e ( ,g]man   
%ips because !y  outpac$ !m4 ,b if !    
%ips 7 swift1 dea? 0 swift]4 ,x 0 z  !y 

:irl$ ar\nd across ! head ( ! ,g]man l9e
 t ! ,que5  ,m>y & ! ,indefatigable1 9  
turn1 7 de/roy$1 & de/roy$ 9  a space ( 
"t to be reckon$ 9 m9utes--:e!r by !    
conc5trat$  fire ( ! big ,g]man         
,dreadn\ghts1 or by ! misadv5ture (     
/rik+ a  float+ m9e1 is n cle>4    ,x is
 exactly at ! two po9ts ( furi\s spe$ & 
( de/ructive  en]gy t ! contra/ betwixt 
,trafalg> & ! fight 9 ! ,nor?  ,sea is  
greate/4 ,at ,trafalg>1 z ev]yone kn[s1 
! ,franco-,spani%  fleet 0 drawn up1 or 
_h drift$1 into a /raggl+ cresc5t f\r   
miles  f tip to tip--?irty-?ree great   
l9e-(-battle %ips1 arm$ ) m  ?an #cjjj  
guns1 a curv+ =e/ ( ma/s & flags4 ,!    
,briti% 9 two  columns--,nelson 9 !     
,victory lead+ "o column1 ,coll+wood 9 !
  ,royal ,sov]eign ! o!r--bore d[n on ! 
enemy1 b !re 0 no  spe$ 9 ! movem5t4 ,!y
 drift$1 r ?an sail$1 at ! rate (  less 
?an two miles an h\r--less ?an a        
walk+-pace1 t is--into ?is  curve (     
ho/ile guns2 & ! coolness ( ! ,briti%   
crews & _!  (fic]s 0 9 keep+ ) !        

delib]ation ) :i* _! %ips  approa*$ !   
enemy4 ,! ,royal ,sov]eign 0 a qu>t] ( a
 mile ahead  ( its column1 & 0 c]ta9 to 
receive ! conc5trat$ fire ( !  enemy's  
l9e = ne>ly half an h\r )\t support1 yet
 ,coll+wood 0  n only nibbl+ b p>+ an   
apple on ! qu>t]-deck :ile wait+  = !   
great game to beg94    ,nelson's        
?ree-deck]s1 comp>$ ) ! mod]n           
,dreadn\ght or  battle-cruis]1 7 t9y    
%ips4 ,!y _h an av]age tonnage ( a      
little  ov] #bjjj tons--! ,victory      
h]self 0 ( #bbbc tons4 ,n[1 a %ip ( !   
,que5 ,elizabe? class is ( #bg1jjj tons1
 equal to ! tonnage ( !  :ole column (  
,nelson's %ips at ,trafalg>4 ,! ,victory
 c>ri$ #aja  guns1 ab\t "o-?ird be+     
#cb-p\nd]s2 !re 7 only two c>ronades    
fir+ a %ot ( sixty-two p\nds4 ,if e gun 
on ! ,victory _h be5  fir$ 9 "o sudd5   
broadside1 ! entire weight ( metal w\ld 
h  be5 #bbif p\nds1 or a little ov] "o  
ton ( iron1 & ! effective  range w\ld be
 less ?an half a mile4 ,b ! ,que5       
,elizabe?1 ) h]  #ae-;in* guns1 c\ld    

dis*>ge1 9 a s+le broadside1 tw5ty-sev5 
tons  ( /eel1 & c\ld /rike h] m>k ) t   
tempe/ ( fly+ metal--a  sw>m (          
a]olites--once e ?irty seconds1 a doz5  
miles away4    ,! numb] ( m5 kill$ at   
,trafalg>1 leav+ out ! w\nd$1 0  only   
#ddi4 ,on ! ,victory itself #eg 7 kill$1
 on ! #8,fight+'  ,tmraire #dg1 on !    
,royal ,sov]eign #dg1 on ! ,belle ,isle 
#cc1 or  a total ( #ahd kill$ 9 ! f\r   
lead+ %ips4 ,b ! ,cressy1 !  ,ab\kir1 & 
! ,hogue 7 sunk 9 fifte5 m9utes--)\t    
see+  ! subm>9e t sank !m--& #fhj seam5 
7 dr[n$1 a loss fifty  p] c5t4 great]   
?an t ( ! :ole ( ,nelson's fleet at     
,trafalg>4  ,sir ,david ,beatty's two   
battle-cruis]s1 ! ,que5 ,m>y & !        
,indefatigable1 7 sunk 9 a "t z brief z 
! ?ree un=tunate  cruis]s1 & sunk :5    
travell+ at _! highe/ spe$1 & fir+ z  !y
 rac$4 ,ea* c>ri$ a complem5t ( #ijj m51
 & :5 !y w5t d[n  ! loss ( life 0 f\r   
times z great z t ( ,trafalg>4    ,a    
c5tury h5ce :at may be call$ ! ,g]man   
psy*ology1 z reveal$ 9  ?is w>1 w /ill  

puzzle ! curiosity & *all5ge !          
imag9ation  ( unborn g5]ations4 ,= !    
fir/ "t 9 hi/ory we h !  spectacle ( a  
nation ( sev5ty million p1 ,*ri/ian 9   
fai?1  highly civilis$1 /rong on !      
practical side1 ( %rewde/ bus9ess       
capacity1 ) a g5ius = bus9ess & =       
organisation1 a nation t  has giv5 to   
education1 or :at x ?9ks is education1 a
 l>g] place  9 its life ?an any o!r 9   
hi/ory1 yet :i* someh[ is smitt5 )  a   
sort ( insanity1 an insanity p>tly moral
 & p>tly intellectual4  ,& :at height5s 
! wond] is ! circum/ance t x mi/akes its
  v lunacy = culture4 ,to make ! trag$y 
complete1 x is an insanity  organis$1   
arm$1 discipl9$1 t]rible1 equipp$ ) all 
! res\rces  ( sci5ce1 & hav+ borr[$ f   
sci5ce new eng9es & subtleties  (       
de/ruction )\t prec$5t 9 ! hi/ory ( w>4 
,9 its ess5ce :at we are wat*+ is !     
spiritual bankruptcy ( a  great nation2 
b ! :ole /ory bri/les ) psy*ological    
problems4  ,its spiritual l&m>ks h      
%ift$4 ,good & evil are t]ms 9 its      

politics :i* h n m]ely lo/1 b--a mu* m  
t]rible ?+--h  ex*ang$ _! significance4 
,x mi/akes might = "r4 ,x labels  its   
vices z virtues4    ,9 "o s5se1 ,g]many 
is ri* 9 intellectual ability--! ,g]many
 to  :i* ,bee?ov5 sang1 & ,goe! disc\rs$
 philosophy1 = :i* ,kant  moralis$1 & at
 :i* ,he9e je/$4 ,x has a li/ ( names   
great 9  poetry1 philosophy1 & s*ol>%ip4
 ,g]many1 too1 has done great ?+s  9    
sci5ce1 ?\gh n s mu* 9 ! realm (        
sci5tific discov]y4 ,x  adapts r ?an    
discov]s2 x excels 9 translat+ !        
sci5tific  discov]ies ( o!r races into  
practical t]ms4 ,noticeable1 also1 is  !
 fact t ! great names 9 ,g]man          
lit]ature1 philosophy1 &  s*ol>%ip are n
 ,prussian2 & x is ,prussia1 & !        
,prussianis$  =m ( ,g]many1 :i* is      
tr\bl+ ! _w4 ,lu!r came f ,eisleb52     
,leibnitz 0 a ,cze*2 ,kant 0 ( ,scotti% 
blood2 ,bism>ck1 x is amus+  to rememb]1
 told ,pr9ce ,napoleon1 #8,i am n a     
,g]man2 ,i am a ,prussian1  a ,w5d'--t  
is1 a ,slav4 ,bo? ,nietzs*e & ,treits*ke

 came ( a ,slav  /ock2 mo/ ( ! great    
#8,g]man' musicians came ( a ,jewi%     
/ra92  ,he9e 01 ( c\rse1 a pure ,jew4   
,ne>ly all ! public docum5ts issu$ by ! 
,g]man ,gov]nm5t dur+  ?is w>1 & all !  
spee*es ( its /atesm51 are ?ick-inlaid )
  /atem5ts :i*1 if n blank lies1 & kn[n 
by ! speak] or writ]  to be lies1 are   
yet pro(s ( "s disord]$ quality 9 ! m9d 
( !  speak] or writ]4 ,sometimes !      
speak] seems to be self-hypnotis$1 s  t 
he really believes a lie z big z a      
m\nta9 to be ! tru?2 or he  suff]s f "s 
ecc5tric p>alysis ( ! memory :i* enables
 him to  =get :at he has said1 or       
writt51 only a mom5t be=e4    ,! fam\s  
#8scrap ( pap]' incid5t1 tak5 z a :ole1 
has ! (fice (  a se>*light z %[+ !      
morbid condition bo? ( ,g]man morals &  
( ,g]man intellig5ce4 ,anybody ) a t\* (
 lit]>y imag9ation w  look back ^u t    
sc5e 9 a room 9 ,b]l91 :5 ! ,g]man      
,*ancellor  compla9$ to ,sir ,edw>d     
,gos*51 #8,y are go+ to w> ) u ov] a    
scrap ( pap]1' & recognise x z "o ( !   

mo/ picturesque1 z well  z ! great &    
critical1 mom5ts 9 hi/ory4 ,! ,g]man    
repres5t$ !  greate/ milit>y ,p[] 9 !   
_w1 ! ,engli%man ! greate/ naval  ,p[]4 
,_h bo? agre$ to dismiss z a m]e #8scrap
 ( pap]' ! treaty  t gu>ds ! neutrality 
( ,belgium1 ! sanctity ( all treaties   
w\ld  h disappe>$ at a brea?4    ,b t   
dismissal into space z a m]e scrap (    
pap] ( ! treaty  gu>antee+ ! neutrality 
( ,belgium1 :i* bore ! "n ( ,g]many1  0 
to ,g]many h]self a worse disa/] ?an !  
loss ( a pit*$  battle4 ,x 0 a =m (     
suicide4 ,x de/roy$ h] public cr$it2 x  
dismiss$ h] f ! realm ( good fai?4 ,:51 
at ! end ( ! w>1  ! repres5tatives ( !  
nations n[ 9 conflict sit ar\nd "s table
  9 ,london or 9 ,p>is to draw up t]ms (
 peace1 ! gho/ ( ?is scrap  ( pap] w co/
 ,g]many mu*1 = %e has /ripp$ h]self (  
all  title to be tru/$4 ,n[1 a blund] s 
unspeakably /upid on ! "p (  m5 s able  
%[s t at t mom5t1 & 9 t act1 ! bra9s ( !
  m5 :o 7 ! repres5tatives ( ,g]many 7 9
 "s curi\s /ate (  p>alysis4    ,b ?is  

gigantic blund] is to ?is day be+ pursu$
 by ,g]many )  explanations &           
ju/ifications :i*1 z examples (         
unreason1 sugge/  no?+ s mu* z ! logic  
employ$ 9 #8,alice 9 ,wond]l&4' ,!      
,g]man ,*ancellor himself "s "t aft]w>ds
 ask$ ! _w to believe  t :at he meant 0 
t #8a scrap ( pap]' repres5t$ ! ,briti% 
idea ( ! value ( a treaty1 :ile ,g]many 
#8took h] responsibility  t[>ds neutral 
,/ates s]i\sly4' ,& ,be?mann-,hollweg   
(f]$ ?is  explanation aft] ,g]many _h   
actually violat$ ,belgian neutrality1 & 
,great ,brita9 _h gone to w> to ma9ta9  
x6    ,! ,g]man ,*ancellor (f]$1 9 ! v  
same spee*1 yet ano!r  explanation 9 op5
 qu>rel ) ! explanation j giv54 ,at !   
"t he describ$ ! treaty z #8a scrap (   
pap]1' he _h #8reason  to believe1' he  
told ! ,rei*/ag1 t ! ,belgians !mselves 
_h  de/roy$ _! own neutrality by a      
conv5tion !y _h made )  ,engl& = !      
introduction ( ,briti% troops2 b z he   
lack$ =mal  pro( ( ! circum/ance1 he did
 n m5tion x at ! "t4 ,s9ce  !n !y _h    

captur$ ,brussels1 & f\nd1 9 ! ar*ives  
!re1 !  actual text ( ! conv5tion )     
,engl&1 by :i* ,belgium violat$  its own
 neutrality4 ,z a matt] ( fact1 ! guilty
 docum5t :i* !  ,g]man ,*ancellor quot$ 
0 n a #8conv5tion' at all1 b notes ( a  
#8conv]sation' betwixt ! ,briti% milit>y
 atta* & ,major-,g5]al  ,ducalme1 a     
,belgian (fic]4 ,x 0 an academic        
discussion ( :at might  be done #8aft]  
,g]many _h ent]$ ,belgian t]ritory'2 & x
 0  endors$ z #8n b9d+' on ei!r ( ! two 
nations4 ,& ! ,g]man  ,*ancellor quotes 
?is discussion ( :at might be done to   
gu>d its  neutrality aga9/ ,g]man attack
 z a surr5d] ( its neutrality4  ,?is is 
v mu* z ?\gh a burgl>1 caught 9 ! act ( 
plund]+ a  h\se1 claim$ t 8 burgl>y 0   
ju/ifiable1 z he f\nd--aft] he  _h brok5
 into ! h\se--t its own] _h a revolv] "u
 8 pill[4    ,! doctr9e ( ! fre$om ( !  
sea :i* ,g]many has sudd5ly begun  to   
prea* at ! top ( its voice is yet ano!r 
pro( ( ei!r !  entire abs5ce ( any s5se 
( hum\r 9 ! ,g]man m9d1 or ( a morbid   

condition ( ! ,g]man consci5ce4 ,=      
,great ,brita91 ! geographical          
di/ribution ( h] ,empire makes an       
ov]:elm+ sup]iority 9 naval  p[] a      
condition ( its exi/5ce2 b ! seas ( !   
planet1 "u  h] supremacy1 h be5 free to 
e flag--except ! black flag ( !  pirate4
 ,%e has nev] abus$ h] sea-p[]4 ,x is   
,g]many t has made  ! sea t]rible by s[+
 x ) drift+ m9es & mak+ x a field  = !  
p]=mances ( its subm>9es4 ,great ,brita9
 has supreme p[]  on ! sea1 ,g]many     
has--or _h--supreme milit>y p[] on l&2 &
  :at ,g]many means by #8! fre$om ( !   
sea' is t ,great ,brita9's  advantage   
%\ld be cancell$ out ( exi/5ce1 :ile h] 
own advantage  %\ld rema9 undim9i%$4    
,x is wor? quot+ ! words 9 :i*1 9 8     
cle>-cut1 sword-edg$  prose1 ,mr4 ,a4   
,j4 ,balf\r analyses & describes ?is new
 ,g]man doctr9e4  #8,! mo/ simple-m9d$1'
 he says1 #8mu/ feel suspici\s :5 !y f9d
  t ^! mission>ies ( m>itime fre$om are 
! v same p]sons  :o prea* & :o practise 
^u ! l& ! extreme/ doctr9es (  milit>y  

absolutism4    #8,%e poses z a re=m] (  
int]national law1 ?\gh int]national law 
has nev] b\nd h] = an h\r4 ,%e objects  
to 8economic pressure0  :5 x is ex]cis$ 
by a fleet1 ?\gh %e sets no limit to !  
brutal  complet5ess ) :i* economic      
pressure may be impos$ by an army4 ,%e  
sighs ov] ! suff]+ :i* w> imposes ^u    
peaceful comm]ce1 ?\gh  h] own me?ods ( 
deal+ ) peaceful comm]ce w\ld h wrung ! 
consci5ce ( ,capta9 ,kidd4 ,%e d5\nces !
 m>itime me?ods ( !  ,allies1 ?\gh 9 h] 
ef=ts to defeat !m %e is det]r$ nei!r by
  ! rules ( w>1 ! appeal ( humanity1 nor
 ! rights ( neutrals4'    ,n[1 :5 a ,p[]
 l ,g]many1 ) su* a record on ! sea1    
attires  itself 9 ! g>b ( a mission>y1 &
 beg9s to prea* ! gospel  ( #8! fre$om (
 ! sea1' ! ph5om5on appeals to ! lit]>y 
imag9ation by its exquisite absurdity2  
to ! ali5i/ x sugge/s !  urg5t ne$ (    
m$ical treatm5t4    ,t ! ,p[] :i* has   
scor*$ ) fire & spla%$ r$ ) blood  !    
little ,/ate x _h sworn to protect1 :i* 
sank ! ,lusitania &  %ot ,nurse ,cavell1

 %\ld compla9 to high heav5 t ,great    
,brita9  _h brok5 ! regulations ( !     
,hague ,conv5tion1 is an audacity  :i*  
p>alyses ! sane intellig5ce4 ,x is z    
?\gh ,jack ! ,ripp]  publi%$ a tract    
aga9/ vivisection1 or ,deem+ wrote a    
pi\s homily on  #8,h[ to ,make ,home    
,happy4'    ,ano!r illu/ration ( ?is    
lunatic quality 9 ! ,g]man m9d is f\nd  
9 ! furi\s compla9ts aga9/ ,great       
,brita9 = />v+--or = ev5  try+ to       
/>ve--,g]many1 includ+ its wom5 &       
*ildr54 ,& yet x  0 ,g]many t 9 #ahgj   
drew l9es ( blockade ar\nd ,p>is1 &     
wait$  = />vation to br+ ! #8gay city'  
to surr5d]6 ,no ,g]man city yet  has    
kn[n ! horrors ( />vation z ! ,g]man    
armies compell$ ,p>is  to "k !m4 ,!     
dea?-rate ( little *ildr5 dur+ ^? sad   
mon?s  rose to #ejjj a week1 & ,bism>ck1
 :5 he rode into ,p>is aft] its         
surr5d]1 express$ 8 surprise at see+ any
 *ildr5 yet alive4 ,von  ,h9d5burg1 :5  
told q rec5tly t ,russian peasants 7    
/>v+  9 ,pol&1 said #8,x is j z well t x

 %\ld be s2 we _c make  w> s5tim5tally4'
 ,!n he repeat$ ! =mula :i* is ! true   
cr$o  ( e ,prussian soldi]3 #8,! m      
ru?lessly w> is wag$1 ! m  humane does x
 really become2 = t is ! be/ way to br+ 
x to a  rapid conclusion4' ,b :at m     
complete pro( ( ! "o-sid$ness (  !      
,g]man m9d c be discov]$ ?an ! fact1    
say1 t at ! pres5t  mom5t x is itself   
/>v+ ,belgium1 s t its inhabitants h to 
be  f$ by ! pity ( ! _w1 & at ! same "t 
x is scream+ al\d  to ! :ole univ]se    
because ! meat ration 9 ,b]l9 has to be 
r$uc$  9 consequ5ce ( ! ,briti%         
blockade8 ,! puzzle is n s mu* t        
,g]many acts ) su* gap+ inconsi/5cy2 x  
has n ! fa9te/  notion t x is           
inconsi/5t4 ,?is is a m5tal condition   
r>e outside1  & n ev5 always f\nd       
inside1 a lunatic asylum4    ,! deliri\s
 self-complac5cy ( ! ,prussianis$       
,g]man1 aga91 leaves  ! :ole outside _w 
spee*less4 ,!re is no o!r su* in/ance ( 
megalomania 9 hi/ory4 ,no o!r p pay su* 
l\d complim5ts to  !mselves1 & pay !m ) 

su* una%am$ dilig5ce4 ,!y decorate      
!mselves ) complim5ts z a savage        
decorates himself ) bits (  brok5 glass4
 ,a philosoph] l ,hegel set ! example ( 
proclaim+  9 ,g]man acc5ts & to ,g]man  
e>s ! #8godlike glory' ( ! ,g]man       
nation4 ,! #8spiritual nature (         
,g]manism1' we are assur$ sev5 days a   
week by ,g]man editors1 makes x !       
/&>d-be>] ( ,*ri/ian ,europe4           
,morality1 we are w>n$1 #8dep5ds on !   
pres]vation ( ! ,*ri/ian  ,g]manic _s & 
on ! political p[] ( ,g]many4           
,civilisation &  ,*ri/ianity are        
un?9kable )\t ! ,g]mans4'    #8,g]many1'
 says ,pr(essor ,lampre*t1 #8is n[ !    
protector & pill>  ( ,european          
civilisation2 & aft] bloody victories ! 
_w w be  heal$ by be+ ,g]manis$4' #8,we 
,g]mans are s+l$ out by ,provid5ce to   
m>* at ! head ( all ,kultur p4444 ,we h 
! highe/ m5tal  creative gifts2 we =m ! 
cr[n ( ,kultur 9 ! :ole ( creation4'  ,c
 anyone d\bt1 aft] read+ ?r\gh pages l  
?is1 t ,g]many is  self-hypnotis$8 ,!re 

mu/ be "s morbid condition 9 ! "*  :i*  
?us exudes complim5ts to itself ?r\gh e 
pore 9 its sk94  ,x is ! sign ( a       
disord]$ intellig5ce4    ,! doctr9e (   
#8frightfulness1' z a me?od 9 w>1 is !  
special  contribution ( ,g]many to !    
pres5t conflict4 ,x is curi\s1 h[ev]1   
to rememb] t ! mo/ t]rible example (    
#8frightfulness1' z f> z  ,europe is    
conc]n$1 0 suppli$ by ,g]many #cjj ye>s 
ago 9 ! fam\s1  or r infam\s1 ,?irty    
,ye>s' ,w>2 & a *apt] f its grim  pages 
reads l no?+ s mu* z a page f ! ,g]man  
p]=mances  9 ,belgium 9 #aiad-ae4 ,!    
slaught] 9 ,g]many dur+ t p]iod 0  s    
huge t 9 #afdh ! c\ntry _h only a ?ird (
 ! population (  #afah2 9 "s di/ricts ! 
depopulation 0 s great t e man  0 all[$ 
to h two wives6 ,x is a ,g]man hi/orian 
:o says t  #8ev5 n[ ! injury done to !  
psy*ology ( ! ,g]man p by !  moral &    
intellectual decay ( ! ,?irty ,ye>s' ,w>
 has h>dly be5  repair$4' ,^? words 7   
writt5 be=e ! pres5t w> broke out1 b    
!re are "s pages 9 ! p]=mances ( ,g]many

 to-day t ju/ify  t /atem5t4    ,:at    
makes ! folly ( ,g]many to-day          
absolutely unique1 h[ev]1 is  ! fact t1 
9 its adoption ( #8frightfulness' z a w>
 measure1 x  takes ! p]=mances ( !      
,?irty ,ye>s' ,w>1 translates !m into   
mod]n t]ms1 practises !m on a new scale1
 & enjo9s !m z  virtues6 ,! ,g]man      
soldi] is in/ruct$1 = reasons (         
humanity1 to  be z inhuman z possible2 &
 ! ,g]man ,w> ,book gives grim details (
  :at c be done1 & supports its         
in/ructions by logic :i*1 if x  is      
dreadful1 is c]ta9ly plausible4 ,if w>  
is made m frightful1 x  is argu$1 x w be
 made %ort]2 s x is a s]vice to humanity
 to  bomb>d def5celess t[ns1 burn :ole  
villages1 %oot un>m$ citiz5s1  includ+  
wom5 & *ildr54 ,"o ,g]man div9e1        
inde$--& ,g]man  div9es dur+ ?is w> h   
done & said "s wond]ful ?+s--prea*$  a  
s]mon to %[ t #8frightfulness' c>ri$ to 
! n? 0 a =m--a  ,g]man =m--( fulfill+ ! 
comm&m5t1 #8,?\ %alt love ?y neighb\r  z
 ?yself4' #8,if y love y\r neighb\r1 y w

 d y\r be/ to  prev5t him be+ caught 9 !
 r$ tide ( w>--or to get him out (  x--z
 e>ly z possible2 & y w a*ieve ?is be/  
by mak+ w> z  t]rible z y c4'    ,!     
committee :i* inquir$ into ,g]man       
atrocities 9 ,belgium1 & is  responsible
 = ! ,bryce ,report1 _h on x su* %rewd1 
practical1  h>d-head$ m5 z ,"l ,bryce1  
,sir ,edw>d ,cl>ke1 ,sir ,fr$]ick       
,pollock1  & _! report is ! mo/ dreadful
 indictm5t ev] drawn up aga9/  any      
nation1 civilis$ or uncivilis$4    ,x   
says3 #8,9 ! m9ds ( ,prussian (fic]s1 w>
 seems to h become a  sort ( sacr$      
mission1 "o ( ! highe/ functions ( !    
omnipot5t  ,/ate1 :i* is itself z mu* an
 army z a ,/ate4 ,ord9>y morality &  !  
ord9>y s5tim5t ( pity vani% 9 its       
pres5ce1 sup]s$$ by a  new /&>d :i*     
ju/ifies to ! soldi] e means t c conduce
  to success1 h[ev] %ock+ to a natural  
s5se ( ju/ice & humanity1  h[ev] revolt+
 to 8 own feel+4444 ,cruelty becomes    
legitimate  :5 x promises victory4' ,!n 
a v pregnant s5t5ce is add$3 #8,x  is a 

specifically milit>y doctr9e1 ! outcome 
( a !ory held by a  rul+ ca/e :o h      
brood$ & ?\ght & writt5 & talk$ &       
dream$ ab\t w> until !y h fall5 "u its  
obsession1 & be5  hypnotis$ by its      
_s4444 ,if ?is explanation be ! true "o1
 !  my/]y is solv$1 & t :i* seem$       
sc>cely cr$ible becomes m  intelligible1
 ?\gh n less p]nici\s4'    ,! use (     
#8frightfulness' z a me?od ( w>1 9 o!r  
words1 is !  result ( diseas$           
psy*ological conditions4 ,to h #8brood$ 
&  ?\ght & writt5 & talk$ & dream$ ab\t 
w>' is a process :i*  might well result 
9 an evil obsession z real1 & z devili% 
9 its  _s & its fruits1 z possession by 
! devil himself4 ,b !  mo/ a/oni%+ ?+ 9 
?is :ole a/oni%+ /ory is t ,g]many      
betrays no s5se t x has done any?+ wor?y
 ( blame4 ,x le>ns  ) a bewild]$        
exasp]ation t ! outside _w disapproves (
 ?is  example ( ,g]man #8culture4' ,!   
,kais] is q sure t he has !  ,div9e     
approval 9 ?is1 & ev]y?+ else he does4  
,f ! wireless  /ation at ,b]l9 an       

(ficial #8explanation' ( ?is /up5d\s    
crime ( a  de/roy$ city 0 s5t to !      
newspap]s ( ! _w3        #8,! only means
 ( prev5t+ surprise attacks f ! civil   
population has be5 to int]f]e ) unrel5t+
 sev]ity1      & to create examples :i* 
by _! frightfulness w\ld be a      w>n+ 
to ! :ole c\ntry4'    ,n[1 z an example 
( inv]t$ e?ics1 ?is is almo/ wor?y ( a  
place  9 ,de ,qu9cey's essay on #8,murd]
 ,consid]$ z ,"o ( ! ,f9e ,arts4'  #8,! 
,g]man ,gov]nm5t1' says ,secret>y ,hay1 
#8is g5]ally brutal1 b  n (t5 silly4'   
,"h1 h[ev]1 x is at once bo? silly &    
brutal 9  a q sup]lative degree4 ,x is1 
( c\rse1 exactly ?is doctr9e (          
#8frightfulness' :i* has made ,g]many ! 
outlaw ( ! civilis$ _w4    ,p]haps no?+ 
9 ?is w> w s %>ply arre/ :at we h call$ 
! lit]>y imag9ation z ! unc]ta9ty1 ! dim
 half-lights z to  its reasons & issues1
 ) :i* x began4    ,"s ( !              
#8explanations' ( ! w> are fooli%2 "s   
are cynical4 ,!  ,hon4 ,b]tr& ,russell1 
= example1 has writt5 a book on ! w> 9  

:i* he says ! nations ( ,c5tral ,europe 
are fight+ = mu* !  same reason dogs    
d--because #8!y don't l ea* o!r's       
smell#86  ,w\ld anyone quote n[1 z an   
explanation ( ! w>1 t c\ple (           
pi/ol-%ots 9 a /reet 9 ,s]ajevo :i* slew
 ! ,ar*duke ,franz  ,f]d9& & 8 wife8 ,x 
is l (f]+ ! bur/+ ( a soda-wat]  bottle 
z ! explanation ( a ,niag>a1 or trac+ an
 e>?quake to !  explosion ( a crack]4 ,!
 ,au/rian ultimatum to ,s]via seems to  
be !  mat* :i* fir$ ! magaz9e2 b if !re 
_h be5 no #8magaz9e' !  #8mat*' w\ld h  
be5 q innoc5t4    ,= ,great ,brita91 !  
fir/ reason ( ! w> 0 some?+ imm$iate  & 
concrete--! ,g]man invasion ( ,belgium4 
,great ,brita9 0 pl$g$1  bo? by express 
treaty & by its hi/oric policy1 to      
ma9ta9 t  neutrality2 & :5 ! ,g]man     
columns cross$ ! ,belgian fronti] w>  0 
inevitable4 ,x 0 a simple "q ( good     
fai?2 ,engl&1 ,mr4  ,asqui? decl>$1 mu/ 
keep h] pl$g$ ^w4 ,b :5 ! w> 0 begun  x 
0 quickly realis$ t ! exi/5ce ( !       
,empire dep5d$ on  its result2 & s ,mr4 

,bon> ,law told ! ,h\se ( ,commons1     
#8,?is is a  fight = our national       
exi/5ce4' ,t is c]ta9ly true1 & x       
applies  ) greate/ =ce to ! ,dom9ions4  
,if ! ,briti% ,empire goes into         
liquidation1 ! mo/ covet$ assets w be   
,au/ralia1 ) its #ab1jjj  miles ( girdl+
 sea1 its radiant climate1 its m9]al    
weal?1 its va/  pa/ures1 or ,new ,zeal&1
 ! ,great ,brita9 ( ! ,pacific4 ,! m5 9 
! ,fr5* & ,flemi% tr5*es are c]ta9ly    
fight+ =--among/ o!r  ?+s--! safety ( e 
home 9 ,au/ralia & ,new ,zeal&4 ,b !  w>
 rais$ ! "q ( ! value ( ! treaty        
relations :i* b9d  civilis$ ,/ates      
toge!r2 s1 z ,"l ,roseb]y put x1 we are 
fight+  = #8! sanctity ( public law 9   
,europe4' ,a ,g]man victory w\ld turn  e
 treaty ?r\gh\t ,*ri/5dom into a #8scrap
 ( pap]4' ,9 ! fir/  message1 aga91 ,k+ 
,george address$ to ! ,empire1 he said1 
#8,we are  fight+ = ! cont9uity (       
civilisation2' & t also is true4  ,!    
defeat ( ! ,allies w\ld put n only      
,europe1 b ,*ri/5dom1 back  into ! ,d>k 

,ages4    ,9 ?is way1 z ! w> w5t on1 its
 #8reasons' exp&$3 ! obligation  ( !    
pl$g$ ^w2 our national exi/5ce2 !       
sanctity ( public law2  ! cont9uity (   
civilisation4 ,yet ev5 ^! reasons all   
put toge!r  are inadequate4 ,!re rema9s 
some?+ 9 ! w> diff]5tiat+  x f any o!r  
ev] f\ght2 "s intangible & invisible    
elem5t  n easy to def9e4 ,9 8 fam\s     
spee* 9 ! ,guildhall ,mr4 ,asqui?       
express$ ?is by say+ #8,?is is n s mu* a
 mat]ial z a spiritual  conflict4' ,x is
 a conflict1 9 o!r words1 n racial1     
political1  dyna/ic1 or a m]e wre/le (  
political ideals4 ,x is a battle (      
oppos+ e?ical codes4 ,we are fight+ n   
m]ely a nation1 b a  doctr9e--some?+ t  
/eel _c pi]ce nor high explosives wreck4
  ,& x is a doctr9e arm$1 discipl9$1    
t]rible2 fight+ ) #ag-;in*  h[itz]s &   
poison\s gases1 ) subm>9es4    ,b :at   
exactly is ! #8doctr9e' aga9/ :i* we are
 fight+8 ,x is  cu/om>y to quote        
,nietzs*e at ?is po9t1 & f9d 9 8 tea*+  
! g]m ( ! #8doctr9e' = :i* to-day       

,g]many fights1 & aga9/  :i* ! re/ ( !  
_w is 9 arms4 ,b = "o ?+ x is difficult 
to discov] any s+le su/a9$ &            
intelligible #8doctr9e' 9 !  /ructure ( 
,nietzs*e's works4 ,he di$ 9 a lunatic  
asylum1 & _h a  /ra9 ( lunacy 9 8       
writ+s1 if n 9 8 blood1 long be=e 8     
insanity came "u m$ical treatm5t4 ,he _h
 a t\* ( g5ius1 b  ?9 p>titions divid$ 8
 g5ius f madness4 ,if ,g]many took its  
cre$ f ,nietzs*e x w\ld be n only       
furi\sly anti-,*ri/ian &  furi\sly      
a!i/ic1 b ev5 furi\sly non-moral4       
#8,morality1' ,nietzs*e  said1 #8ought  
to be %ot at4 ,pangs ( consci5ce 7      
indec5t4' ,9 t  dim realm into :i* 8    
half-insane m9d w&]$--! #8twilight ( !  
gods'--evil & good _h no exi/5ce4 ,z =  
,*ri/ianity1 he call$ x  #8! greate/ (  
all conceivable corruptions1' ! #8"o    
immortal blemi%  ( mank9d4' ,jesus      
,*ri/1 = ,nietzs*e1 0 #8a knave1 a      
*>latan4'  ,ev]yone kn[s h[ ,nietzs*e   
took ! ,beatitudes & inv]t$ !m4  ,8 cre$
 comb9$ ! !ology ( a lunatic asylum ) ! 

e?ics (  a gaol4 ,n[ ! ,g]many aga9/ :i*
 ! _w is fight+ to-day is  c]ta9ly n    
a!i/ic1 & x at lea/ ?9ks itself to be   
int5sely  ,*ri/ian4    ,:at makes !     
trag$y ( ,g]many 9 ?is w>1 ! ?+ :i*     
puzzles  ev5 ^? :o are fight+ aga9/ x1  
is ! fact t ,g]many is  act+ on a       
doctr9e /rang] & m t]rible ?an ,paganism
 itself4 ,x  und]takes to be bo?        
,*ri/ian & ,pagan at ! same "t2 ,*ri/ian
  9 ! individual life1 ,pagan z a       
nation4 ,x has two et]nally ho/ile      
codes ( e?ics3 "o = ! individual & ! o!r
 = ! ,/ate4 ,z  a private citiz5 !      
,g]man may be a ,*ri/ian1 & ought to be 
"o2  b ! mom5t he puts on a             
spike-helmet1 or sits at a ,gov]nm5t    
desk1  he /rips himself ( all ,*ri/ian  
morals2 vice & virtue *ange _!  names = 
him4 ,z a soldi] he c clo! himself )    
#8frightfulness'2  c rape1 plund]1 kill1
 burn1 ) ! entire approval ( 8          
(ficial--t is to say1 8                 
,paganis$--consci5ce4 ,z a diplomati/1  
he c lie & *eat & =swe> himself1 & leave

 8 ,*ri/ian  self-respect unt\*$4 ,=    
,g]many acts on ! !ory t ! ,/ate is  a  
non-moral1 pr$atory entity1 = :i* !     
di/9ction betwixt good  & evil does n   
exi/4 ,x /&s 9 no relation to ,god2 x   
has no m  morals ?an a tig]2 x acts on !
 law ( ! jungle4 ,might1 9 its  dreadful
 code1 is "r4    ,9 ! ,prussianis$      
,g]many aga9/ :i* we are fight+ we h1 9 
brief1 a d\ble p]sonality4 ,:5 x acts z 
a nation x und]goes a  trans=mation m   
t]rible ?an t 9 ,r4 ,l4 ,/ev5son's tale 
:5  ,dr4 ,jekyll turn$ into ,mr4 ,hyde4 
,all ! sep>ate individualities (        
,g]many melt into "o gigantic ,mr4      
,hyde--,mr4 ,hyde 9 a spike-helmet4 ,or1
  to *ange ! figure1 !y become ! #8great
 blond bea/' ( ,nietzs*e1  lawless1     
pr$atory1 inv9cible1 ! sup]man1 a       
non-moral mon/]4 ,!  sup]m51 says       
,nietzs*e1 #8:]e a =eign c\ntry beg9s1  
rev]t to !  bea/-(-prey consci5ce1 l    
jubilant mon/]s :o come ) bravado  f a  
gha/ly b\t ( murd]1 arson1 rape1 &      
torture4444 ,! nation  becomes a        

magnific5t blond brute1 avidly rampant =
 spoil & victory4'    ,treits*ke1 !     
little /one-deaf pr(essor ( hi/ory1     
proclaim$ !  doctr9e t ! ,/ate is a     
non-moral entity1 = :i* an e?ical  code 
has no mean+4 ,b]nh>di puts ! matt] m   
explicitly4 #8,jesus  ,*ri/1' he says1  
#8came into ! _w to e/abli% a society   
f\nd$  on love2 b t pr9ciple does n     
ext5d to ! ,/ate'2 9 all t  conc]ns !   
,/ate1 ,jesus ,*ri/ has no au?ority4 ,8 
laws d n ext5d  to t realm4 ,:5 be=e 9  
hi/ory h we ?is doctr9e proclaim$  f !  
iron lips ( #ag-;in* h[itz]s8 ,"h lies !
 explanation ( all  t puzzles u 9 !     
pres5t w>--! /range p]v]sities          
discov]able  9 ,g]man policy3 its       
contempt = tru?1 its capacity = cruelty2
 its  bl9dness to moral di/9ctions4 ,we 
are fight+ ) a nation :i*1  tak5        
individually1 believes itself to be     
,*ri/ian2 b1 tak5 z a  nation1 x is by  
delib]ate *oice ,pagan4    #8,!y *ose   
new gods 444 !n 0 w> 9 ! gate2' s runs  
an anci5t  ,hebrew psalm1 expla9+ a d>k 

page 9 a d>k hi/ory4 ,9 ^? words1  cause
 & effect are set side by side4 ,g]many 
has c]ta9ly *os5 #8a  new god'2 a god ( 
w>2 ! god ( high explosives1 ( poison   
gases1  ( subm>9es2 a god ( mat]ial     
=ces1 ( battles & blood%$--z  ultimate  
arbit] 9 ! /ruggle to spread !          
,pan-,g]man ideal4 ,ev]yone  rememb]s h[
 ,nietzs*e inv]t$ ! ,beatitudes4        
#8,bless$1' he said1  #8are'--n !       
meek--b #8! /rong1 = !y %all inh]it !   
e>?4'  #8,bless$ are'--n ! peacemak]s--b
 #8! w>-mak]s1 = !y %all be  call$ !    
sons ( ,od94' ,cramb said t 9 ,europe   
two great spiritual  =ces1 ,napoleon &  
,*ri/1 oppose ea* o!r1 & _! conflict is 
#8! mo/ significant spiritual ph5om5on (
 ! tw5tie? c5tury4' ,he  adds t1 9      
,g]many1 #8,corsica has conqu]$         
,galilee'2 ,napoleon1 or :at  ,napoleon 
repres5ts1 is wor%ipp$2 n ,*ri/1 or :at 
,*ri/ tea*es4    ,b ! ,g]mans d n und]/&
 ev5 ! ,napoleon !y accept z _!  ideal4 
,t great ma/] ( ! art ( w> himself said 
t #89 w>  moral =ces 7 to mat]ial =ces z

 ?ree to "o4' ,x is true t  by #8moral' 
,napoleon did n exactly mean #8e?ical'2 
b ! e?ical is  an ess5tial "p ( ! moral4
 ,g]many =gets--or inv]ts--! e?ical2  & 
t is ! mo/ fatal ( blund]s4 ,=1 z       
,c>lyle tea*es1 ?is  is a _w ( facts1 & 
! fir/ condition ( success 9 any realm  
is  fidelity to facts4 ,& c]ta9ly ! mo/ 
important k9ds ( #8facts' are  9 !      
e?ical ord]4 ,!y h ! quality ( et]nity 9
 !m4 ,?is  _w has be5 s con/ruct$ by its
 ,mak] t a falsehood is 9 qu>rel  ) ! v 
sy/em ( ?+s1 & ! ,prussianis$ ,g]many1  
:i* has  set ! _w 9 a flame ) its gre$s1
 & hates1 & envies1 is  fight+ aga9/ !  
#8sy/em ( ?+s4'    ,we1 on our "p1 h    
great] allies ?an ! nations knitt$ to u 
by =mal treaties4 ,) ! *ange ( a s+le ^w
 we c adopt  ,wordswor?'s memorable     
l9es3                  #8444 ,?\ ha/    
great allies1      ,?y fri5ds are       
exultations1 agonies1      ,& ,love1 &  
man's unconqu]able m9d4'    ,b 9 ?is w> 
we h /ill mighti] allies ?an ^!4 ,all ! 
=ces  t make = tru?1 = humanity1 =      

hon\r1 = ju/ice1 = fre$om1  are our     
allies4 ,^! are ! endur+ =ces ( !       
univ]se2 & !  ,mak] & ,rul] ( ^! =ces1 (
 ^: "* !y are ! reflex  & ( ^: w !y are 
! s]vants1 is on our side too4