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Chapter 11

           ButaccordingtoPilar,Mariahasjustgottensoundagain.Shemusthavebeeninanawfulshape.

           HerememberedaBelgianboyintheEleventhBrigadewhohadenlistedwithfiveotherboysfromhisvillage.Itwasavillageofabouttwohundredpeopleandtheboyhadneverbeenawayfromthevillagebefore.Whenhefirstsawtheboy,outatHans’BrigadeStaff,theotherfivefromthevillagehadallbeenkilledandtheboywasinverybadshapeandtheywereusinghimasanorderlytowaitontableatthestaff.Hehadabig,blond,ruddyFlemishfaceandhugeawkwardpeasanthandsandhemoved,withthedishes,aspowerfullyandawkwardlyasadrafthorse.Buthecriedallthetime.Allduringthemealhecriedwithnonoiseatall.

           Youlookedupandtherehewas,crying.Ifyouaskedforthewine,hecriedandifyoupassedyourplateforstew,hecried;turningawayhishead.Thenhewouldstop;butifyoulookedupathim,tearswouldstartcomingagain.Betweencourseshecriedinthekitchen.Everyonewasverygentlewithhim.Butitdidnogood.Hewouldhavetofindoutwhatbecameofhimandwhetherheeverclearedupandwasfitforsoldieringagain.

           Mariawassoundenoughnow.Sheseemedsoanyway.Buthewasnopsychiatrist.Pilarwasthepsychiatrist.Itprobablyhadbeengoodforthemtohavebeentogetherlastnight.Yes,unlessitstopped.Itcertainlyhadbeengoodforhim.Hefeltfinetoday;soundandgoodandunworriedandhappy.Theshowlookedbadenoughbuthewasawfullylucky,too.Hehadbeeninothersthatannouncedthemselvesbadly.Announcedthemselves;thatwasthinkinginSpanish.Mariawaslovely.

           Lookather,hesaidtohimself.Lookather.

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