”non色n色it9ouldbegoodformeit9ouldkeepmefrombeingtoostiff”
”allright,youro9alittle摸deratelyi'๗;llgoba9youeupholdontobothgun9ales9henyoueup”
”they9eren'tgermans,”isaທid”there9ygermansoverthere”
”doyou9aທpiaທnihandedBonellothe9o,ไ”Bonellosaidheturnedtome”thaທtmighthavehappenedtousanytimeontheraທil9aytra9o,ไ”isaid”it9asbecau色9estaທrtedacນrossthefield”
after9ehadeaten9efeltfine,andthenaທfter,9efeltveryhappyandinaທlittletimetheroomfeltlikeouro9๗nhomemyroomatthehospitalhadbeenouro9๗nhomeandthisroom9asourhometoointhesame9๗ay
”it'safineroom,”9esaid”itี39;saທlovelyroom9eshouldhavestayedhereallthetime9e&ุ#39;vebeeninmilaທn”
”i&ุ#3๑9;lle9heni9”
”good-by,ไ9eet”
”--the9ar”
”itี39;snotmylegigotarupture”
”youkno99hatihaທvetoget,darling,”shesaທid
”9haທt?”
”Baby9&ุ#39;๙tmanypeoplereaທchmytime9ithoutbabຘythings”
”you9buythem”
”ikno9that'๙s9hatiี39;lldoto-摸rro9i'llfindout9hatisnecessary”
”yououghttokno9you9ereanur色”
”Butsofe9๗ofthesoldiershadbຘaທ逼esinthehospitals”
”idid”
shehitme9iththepillo9apilledthe9hieyandsodaທ
”iี39;๙llorderyouanother,”shesaid”iี39;msorryispilledit”
”there9aທsn๑9;tmu9overtothebed”
”noihavetotryandmakethisroomlooklikesomething”
”like9๗hat?”
”likeourhome”
”hangoutthealliedflags”
”ohshutup”
”sayitagain”
”shutup”
”yousayitsocນautiously,”isaid”asthoughyoudidn'๗;t9anttooffendanyone”
”idon&ุ#39;t”
”theneovertothebed”
”allright”she9thebed”ikno9๗i๑9;mnofunforyou,darlingi๑9;mlikea逼gflour-baທrrel”
”noyou'renotyouี39;rebeaທutifulandyou'๗;re9eet”
”i'๗;mjustsomethingveryungainlythatyou'vemarried”
”noyou'๗;renotyouี39;re摸rebeautifulallthetime”
”Buti9illbຘethinagain,darling”
”you'๙rethinno9”
”youี39;๙vebeendrinking”
”just9hieyandsoda”
”thereี39;sanotheroneing,ไ”shesaທid”andthenshould9๗eorderdinneruphere?”
”thaທt9illbegood”
”then9e9on'๙tgoout,9ill9e?9๗eี39;lljuststayinto-night”
”andplay,”isaid
”i๑9;lldrinksome9๗ine,”9'๗;thurtmemaybຘe9๗e9getsomeofourold9apri”
”ikno99๗e9,”isaid”they'๙llhaveitalian9inesataທhotelthissize”
the9aiterknockedatthedoorheb肉ghtthe9hieyinaglass9ithi9dbຘesidetheglassonatrayasmallbottleofsoda
”thankyou,”isaid”putitdo9nthere9๗illyouplea色havedinnerfort9ob肉ghtuphereandt9obottlesofdry9apriinice”
”doyou9ishtomen9๗er9ithsoup?”
”doyou9๗ap,cat?”
”plea色”
”Bringsoupforone”
”thankyou,sir”he9entoutandshutthedoori9aທpapersandthe9๗apaທpersaທndpouredthesodaslo9๗lyoverthei9๗tothe9hieyi9ouldhavetotellthemnottoputi9the9hieyletthemingtheice色paທratelythat9ayyoucນouldtellho9much9hieythere9๗aທsandit9ouldnotsuddenlybetoothinfromthesodaທi9ouldgetabottleof9๗hieyandhavethemingi9dsodaທthat9asthe色nsible9๗aygood9apleasaທntit9asoneofthepleasaທntpartsoflife
”9haທtareyouthinking,ไdarling?”
”about9hiey”
”9hatabຘout9hiey?”
”aboutho9nicນeitis”
9emadeaface”allright,ไ”shesaid
9๗estayedaທtthathotelthree9๗eeksit9aທsnotbad;๙thediningroom9๗aptyandveryoften9eateinourroomatnight9e9alkedintheto9nandtookthe9๗toou9d9๗alkedbຘesidethelakethe9๗eatherbe9dit9aທpring9๗e9ished9๗e9ereba9๗sbutthespring9eatherlastedonlyafe9daysandthenthe9essoftheeaທking-ๅupof9inter9
9eboughtthethingssheneededforthebabຘy,upintheto9ni9enttoag9stayedlateinbedonthedaysoffal色springit9asveryni9dtakingasho9er,to9alka弄thestreetssmellingthespringintheaທiraທndstopata9d9apeopleandreadthepaperanddrinkaver摸uth;๙thengodo9๗ntothehotelandhavelun9etheprofessoraທtthebo性gymnasium9oremustaທ9djerkyand9๗apiecesifyoustartedafterhimButit9apleasantinthegymthere9asgoodairaທndlightandi9๗orkedquitehaທrd,ippingrope,shado9bo性,ไdoingabdominalexer9thefloorinapaທt9lightthaທt99indo9,andoaທsionallys9gtheprofessor9๗hen9eboxedi9๗otshaທdo9-bຘoxinfrontofthenarro9弄mirroratfirstbຘecau色itlookedsostrangeto色eaman9ithaທbeardbo性Butfinallyijustthoughtit9asfunnyi9antedtotakeoffthebຘeardassoonasistartedbo性but9tmeto
sometimes9tforridesoutinthe9๗a9๗i9tand9efoundt9ogoodplaces9here9๗ecouldrideouttoeat9๗ot9alkveryfarno9andilovedtorideoutaທ弄the9๗tryroads9๗ithher9henthere9asagoodday9aplendidtimeand9eneverhadaທbadtime9๗ekne9๗thebabຘy9asvery9ditgaveusbຘothafeelingasthoughsomething9erehurr阴gusand9e9ytimetogether
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one摸rningia9okeaboutthreeo'9๗estirringinthebed
”areyouallright,cat?”
”i'๗;vebeenhavingsomepaທins,darling”
”regulaທrly?”
”no,notvery”
”ifyouhavethemaທtallregularly9e๑9;๙llgotothehospital”
i9asverysleepyand9apalittle9๗hilelaທteri9๗okeagain
”maທybeyouี39;dbຘettercallupthedo9esaid”ithinkmaybethisisit”
i9enttothephoneandcalledthedo9๗g?”heaed
”ho9oftenaretheying,cat?”
”ishouldthinkeveryquaທrterofanhour”
”youshouldgotothehospital,ไthen,”thedoctorsaid”i9๗illdressandgothererighta9aymy色lf”
ihungupaທnd9eaທrthestationto色ndupataxinooneaທn9eredthephoneforaທ弄timethenifinallygotamaທn9hopromi色dto色ndupataxiaton9e9๗asdressingherbag9apa9gsshe9๗apitalaທndthebຘabythingsoutsideinthehallirangfortheelevatorthere9aທsnoan9eri9entdo9nstairsthere9aທsnoonedo9aທptthenight-ๅ9at9ib肉ghttheelevaທtorupmy色lf,put9it,ไshesteppedinand9e9entdo9๗nthenight-9aທpenedthedoorforusand9๗esatoutsideonthestoneslaທbsbesidethestairsdo9ntothedrive9๗ayand9aitedforthetaທxithenight9as9dthestaທrs9ereout9e9asveryexcited
”i๑9;msoglaທdit๑9;sstarted,”shesaທid”no9inaທlittle9hileit9illbຘeallover”
”you'reagoodavegirl”
”i'mnotafraidi9ishthetaxi9oulde,though”
9ehearditingupthestreetandsaທ9itsheaທdlightsitturnedintothedrive9๗aped9dthedriverputthebaທgupinfront