I suppose it seems thin to you out there
because one step takes you through it. We sometimes mix up those who
have gone through with those who haven't. I daresay if I were to go back
to my old battalion the living chaps would just nod to me.'
'Dick!'
'Where's that pipe? Death? Well, to me, before my day came, it was like
some part of the line I had heard a lot about but never been in. I mean,
never been in to stay, because, of course, one often popped in and out.'
'Dick, the day that you----'
'My day? I don't remember being hit, you know. I don't remember anything
till the quietness came. When you have been killed it suddenly becomes
very quiet; quieter even than you have ever known it at home. Sunday
used to be a pretty quiet day at my tutor's, when Trotter and I
flattened out on the first shady spot up the river; but it is quieter
than that. I am not boring you, am I?'
'My boy!'
'When I came to, the veil was so thin that I couldn't see it at all; and
my first thought was, Which side of it have I come out on? The living
ones lying on the ground were asking that about themselves, too.
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