p-a

Updated: May 11, 2025

He has scarcely uttered twenty words in three weeks. In a corner, Mehay patiently repeats: "P-A, Pa," and the orderly who is teaching him to read presses his forefinger on the soiled page. I make my way towards Croin, Octave. I sit down by the bed in silence.

Georges Duhamel - The New Book of Martyrs