apart-from-the-world

Updated: May 6, 2025

The calm, apart-from-the-world character of the expression in the eyes was in interesting contrast to the good-natured and somewhat childish look in the eyes of the old Pope. "Who lived here?" He was a captain of the Papal Zouaves in his youth. "Is he still alive?" "He died three months ago in Paris. I should hate to die before I see how the war is going to end.

Henry Beston - A Volunteer Poilu