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The bombardier-grenadier has a gentle, beardless face, which for many weeks must have expressed great suffering, and, which is now beginning to show a little satisfaction. But Mathouillet hears so badly that when one speaks to him he only smiles in answer. If I come into the ward, Mathouillet's smile awaits and welcomes me. When the dressing is over, Mathouillet thanks me with a smile.
But buried between its sheets there is the smile of Mathouillet, which is like no other smile. Mathouillet, after throwing a good many bombs, at last got one himself. In this disastrous adventure, he lost part of his thigh, received several wounds, and gradually became deaf. Such is the fate of bombardier-grenadier Mathouillet.
To call him to meals, Baraffe utters a piercing cry, which reaches the ear of the bombardier-grenadier. He arrives, shuffling his slippers along the floor, and examines all the laughing faces. As he cannot hear, he hesitates to sit down, and this time his smile betrays embarrassment and confusion. Coming very close to him, I say loudly: "Your comrades are calling you to dinner, my boy."
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