II In Near Ruins
tary al in Rome for more t tient and turned from to tcors passed, to discover ime, and t no tartled t time ing by signals and grimaces, no even e out he Allies.
atus er of known scars on him.
So tors o ty, after all, ing silence. A war hero.
t . Revealing not enderness or subterfuge or knives. For more t said a among patients and nurses in and out of tockrooms.
But no tors in turned and came up to tal sold it aken over by ted into a al after to it. In t of it torn apart by bombing. Unsafe. It a temporary field al. But tient o leave.
you force them down?
Soo ill to be moved. e could safely, of course, but noime to argue. She was in rough shape herself.
Is she injured?
No. Partial s rouble is, t make anyone do anytients are of als. troops are going AOL before t sent back home.
hich villa? he asked.
It’s one t in t , a burned patient. t it is unrecognizable. tche face is asleep.
ho is he? he asked.
e don’t know his name.
talk?
tcors laugalks, alks all time, doesn’t know who he is.
here did he come from?
t o Siag. and it one day, or per. t cs —none of tification. No leave ients t t stronged, eac season. Outside t ty miles from Florence, in t someone to drive you up. It is still terrible out ttle. dead, en. People vices of war.
Completely unsafe. t gone in t to clear it. treated burying and installing mines as t. A terrible place for a al. t. e