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Chapter 18

           Eighthundredthousandimaginethemdrawnupdownthereontheseaeighthundredthousandcandlesallblownoutinonegiganticbreath."Decembercame.The’flappers’andthe’nuts’haddisappeared.MyfathertoldmeoneeveningthatneitherhenormymotherwouldthinktheworseofmeifIdidnotgo.IhadstartedattheRoyalCollegeofMusic,andtheatmospheretherewasatfirsthostiletovolunteering.Thewarhadnothingtodowithartorartists.IremembermyparentsandLily’sdiscussingthewar.Theyagreeditwasinhuman.Butmyfather’sconversationwithmebecamestrained.Hebecameaspecialconstable,amemberofthelocalemergencycommittee.Thenthesonofhisheadclerkwaskilledinaction.Hetoldusthatonesilentdinner-time,andleftmymotherandmealoneimmediatelyafterwards.Nothingwassaid,buteverythingwasplain.Onedaysoonafterwards,LilyandIstoodandwatchedacontingentoftroopsmarchingthroughthestreetsontheirwaytoVictoria.Itwaswetafterrain,thepavementsshining.TheyweregoingtoFrance,andsomeonebesideussaidtheywerevolunteers.Iwatchedtheirsingingfacesintheyellowofthegaslamps.Thecheeringpeoplearoundus.Thesmellofwetserge.Theyweredrunk,marchersandwatchers,exaltedoutofthemselves,theirfacessetintherictusofcertainty.Medievalintheircertainty.Ihadnotthenheardthefamousphrase.Butthiswasleconsentementfrémissantalaguerre."Theyaremad,IsaidtoLily.Shedidnotseemtohearme.

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