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Updated: May 5, 2025
He pinned it on to Leglise's shirt, and kissed my friend on both cheeks, simply and affectionately. Then he talked to him again for a few minutes. I was greatly pleased. Really, this General is one of the right sort. The medal has been wrapped in a bit of muslin, so that the flies may not soil it, and hung on the wall over the bed.
I spend part of the afternoon sewing pieces of waterproof stuff together. He asks me: "What are you doing?" "I am making you a mask, to give you ether." "Thank you; I can't bear the smell of chloroform." I answer "Yes, that's why." The real reason is that we are not sure he could bear the brutal chloroform, in his present state. Leglise's leg was taken off at the thigh this morning.
I look at his narrow chest, his thin face, his boyish forehead with the serious furrow on it of one who accepts all responsibilities, and I do not know how to show him my respect and affection. Leglise's fears were baseless. General G arrived just now. I met him on the terrace. His face pleased me. It was refined and intelligent. "I have come to see Corporal Leglise," he said.
I watch him with admiration, but I am waiting for something more, something more.... His chief crony is Legrand. Legrand is a stonemason with a face like a young girl. He has lost a big piece of his skull. He has also lost the use of language, and we teach him words, as to a baby. He is beginning to get up now, and he hovers round Leglise's bed to perform little services for him.
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