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Chapter 2

           Itcameveryfastandthesunwentadullyellowandtheneverythingwasgrayandtheskywascoveredandthecloudcameondownthemountainandsuddenlywewereinitanditwassnow.Thesnowslantedacrossthewind,thebaregroundwascovered,thestumpsoftreesprojected,therewassnowonthegunsandtherewerepathsinthesnowgoingbacktothelatrinesbehindtrenches.

           Later,belowinthetown,Iwatchedthesnowfalling,lookingoutofthewindowofthebawdyhouse,thehouseforofficers,whereIsatwithafriendandtwoglassesdrinkingabottleofAsti,and,lookingoutatthesnowfallingslowlyandheavily,weknewitwasalloverforthatyear.Uptheriverthemountainshadnotbeentaken;noneofthemountainsbeyondtheriverhadbeentaken.Thatwasallleftfornextyear.Myfriendsawthepriestfromourmessgoingbyinthestreet,walkingcarefullyintheslush,andpoundedonthewindowtoattracthisattention.Thepriestlookedup.Hesawusandsmiled.Myfriendmotionedforhimtocomein.Thepriestshookhisheadandwenton.Thatnightinthemessafterthespaghetticourse,whicheveryoneateveryquicklyandseriously,liftingthespaghettiontheforkuntiltheloosestrandshungclearthenloweringitintothemouth,orelseusingacontinuousliftandsuckingintothemouth,helpingourselvestowinefromthegrass-coveredgallonflask;itswunginametalcradleandyoupulledtheneckoftheflaskdownwiththeforefingerandthewine,clearred,tannicandlovely,pouredoutintotheglassheldwiththesamehand;afterthiscourse,thecaptaincommencedpickingonthepriest.

           Thepriestwasyoungandblushedeasilyandworeauniformliketherestofusbutwithacrossindarkredvelvetabovetheleftbreastpocketofhisgraytunic.ThecaptainspokepidginItalianformydoubtfulbenefit,inorderthatImightunderstandperfectly,thatnothingshouldbelost.

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