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Chapter 19

           MissVanCampenadmiredfamilyverymuchandcamefromanexcellentfamilyherself.Thehospitalwasquitebusy,too,andthatkeptheroccupied.ItwasahotsummerandIknewmanypeopleinMilanbutalwayswasanxioustogetbackhometothehospitalassoonastheafternoonwasover.AtthefronttheywereadvancingontheCarso,theyhadtakenKukacrossfromPlavaandweretakingtheBainsizzaplateau.TheWestfrontdidnotsoundsogood.Itlookedasthoughthewarweregoingonforalongtime.WewereinthewarnowbutIthoughtitwouldtakeayeartogetanygreatamountoftroopsoverandtrainthemforcombat.Nextyearwouldbeabadyear,oragoodyearmaybe.TheItalianswereusingupanawfulamountofmen.Ididnotseehowitcouldgoon.EveniftheytookalltheBainsizzaandMonteSanGabrieletherewereplentyofmountainsbeyondfortheAustrians.Ihadseenthem.Allthehighestmountainswerebeyond.OntheCarsotheyweregoingforwardbutthereweremarshesandswampsdownbythesea.NapoleonwouldhavewhippedtheAustriansontheplains.Heneverwouldhavefoughttheminthemountains.HewouldhaveletthemcomedownandwhippedthemaroundVerona.StillnobodywaswhippinganyoneontheWesternfront.Perhapswarsweren’twonanymore.Maybetheywentonforever.MaybeitwasanotherHundredYears’War.Iputthepaperbackontherackandlefttheclub.IwentdownthestepscarefullyandwalkeduptheViaManzoni.OutsidetheGranHotelImetoldMeyersandhiswifegettingoutofacarriage.Theywerecomingbackfromtheraces.

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