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Updated: May 14, 2025
In the interior there is still the feeling of Romanesque repose; nothing of the animation of the Pointed style no vine-leaf or other foliage breaks the severity of the lines. I ascended the tower with the bell-ringer's boy. In the bell-loft, with other lumber, was an old 'stretcher, very much less luxurious than the brancard that is used in Paris for carrying the sick and wounded.
But these French seem to have very little discipline, and even when the military doctors came in the men did nothing but argue with them. It was amazing to hear them. One night a soldier, who is always drunk, was lying on a brancard in the doctor's own room, and no one seemed to mind. 3 January, Sunday. I have had my usual rest and hot bath. I find I never want a holiday if I may have my Sundays.
So then we begin to fill pots and take steaming "marmites" off the fire. The "sitting cases" come in first, hobbling, or carried on their comrades' backs heads and feet bandaged or poor hands maimed. When they have been carried or have stiffly and slowly marched through the entrance to the train, the "brancard" cases are brought in and laid on the floor.
"You, monsieur, also have no doubt?" "None at all," said Gerald briefly. With a sudden movement the man put the sinister carriage in motion, but when he had got it close to the door of the mortuary, he stopped a moment: "We have many compliments on our brancard," he said cheerfully. "It is very ingenious, is it not?
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