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Show not". Tll [g HOUR CLOSES 'l‘llli lt.\ltl\' ti‘ttlllCS'l‘ "All the same l don't give in 1' up to you." he said. ion \Vlnu l eaiue downstairs again it \tas to lind eonlus t'\llt'll \V:t>‘lll and noise. in the lirst pare ii‘tle .\ndiey He was spealdn;r was tpiarrellin; loudly with \ilii'n. aint. .llussian very last and l did not uli-eoiei' his eoinpl body 'l‘here \\‘;1> sonn'tliiua eoinie in the sight ol' his small ges- hands towering; to ;: perl'eet it‘lllltl'>l ol' rag-i. his plump ant. tieulating and always his eyes. anxious and sell import doing their ltesl to loel; alter his dignity. \il itin explained to reto me that he had been urging .\ndrey \';issilie\‘iteli he need." no "there's turn to \littiivo with the wagons. h'lih‘ said. "tor us all to slay. l1.,\‘tltll‘\‘tulillttlltltllt‘t‘t‘ssztl‘yl'l s." -~and somebody should tahe eharae ol' the wagon "There‘s l‘it‘mlmt' ('onstantinoviteh." said Andrey, nautre-re- ine' a l'eldseher and stannneriie; in his raee. "lle's sponsible enough." Then. >t‘(‘ltlj_' that he was ereatine' somesul- thin".r of a seene, he relapsed into a would‘be dienilied hiness. linally said he would not, go, and strutted away. There were many other dislnrlianees. men eoming‘ and a moment e‘oine'. one of the battery otiieers appearing 'l‘o' y or dirty and dishevelled. and always the wounded drows s, in delirium. \\'2tl('llltl;{' with dull eyes the evening)‘ shadow to talking exeitedly in their sleep. Semyonov ‘alled me he help in the operating room. \Vithin the next two hours had carried out two amputations with athnirable cool comtuniposure. l,)urina' the seeond one. when the man's arm bled ol't' into the basin and lay there amongst the filthy rags and with the dirty white lingers curved, their nails dead grey, 1 suddenly felt violently sieh. of A sanitar tool; my plae) and I went out into the cool the forest, where a silver pattern of stars swung:r now above the branches and a full moon, red and cold, was rising be- yntltl the hill. 307 A Her a time I felt better and, findingr that l was not needed tor a time, l wrote this diary. Tues-«lay, ll tif/I/s/ l'I'///. It is just; six o'clock-a most lovely evening. Strangely enough evm'ythiner is utterly quiet not a sound anywhere. You might fancy yourself in the depths ol' l'lna'land somewhere. llowever, consider~ in: what has happened today and what they expect will happen now at any moment, the strain on our nerves is pretty severe, and as usual at sueh times i. will lill in my diary. This is probably the last time that I write it here as we move as soon as the wagons return, which should be in about two hours l'rom now. All our things are packed and I shall slip this book into my bagr as Soon as l have written this entry; but I have probably two or three hours clear for writing, as everything is ready for departure. Meanwhile I am wonderfully tranquil and at peace, able, too, to think learly and rationally for the first time since Marie‘s death. I want to give an account of the events since my last entry minutely and as truthfully as my memory allows me. At about half-past eleven last night Seniyonov and I went up to our bedroom to sleep, Nihitin being on duty. There was not much noise, the cannon sounding,)‘ a considerable distance may, but the flashlights and rackets against the night-sky were Wonderful, and when we had blown out the candle our dark little room leapt up and down or turned round and round, the window flashing into vision allld "Hi again. Semyonov was almost immediately asleep, but l 11W My on my back and, of course, as Usual, thought of Marie. headache of the evemner still raged furiously and 1 W115 in desperately low spirits. ing during: the preceding day. I had been able to eat until-I I lay there llzllf asleep, 11"" ng the Window rata\ "aim, for, I suppose, a long time, heari |