You who can help; . done carefully, is whatit amounts to. [83] Paris, November 28, 1916. Yesterday when Marlborough and I re-turned home we found Mollie and herfilleul in the petit saloti, talking likemagpies! Out of a clear sky he had ap-peared at three oclock! He is a nice-looking fellow, only twenty-six, but helooks older, with his dark hair and mous-tache. He had on a brand new uniform,new shoes, leggins, and hat, which his cap-tain had issued to him to go on permission. He got his permission unexpectedly anddid nt have time to write Mollie, and Iwas so glad she was at home. She hadtalked
You who can help; . done carefully, is whatit amounts to. [83] Paris, November 28, 1916. Yesterday when Marlborough and I re-turned home we found Mollie and herfilleul in the petit saloti, talking likemagpies! Out of a clear sky he had ap-peared at three oclock! He is a nice-looking fellow, only twenty-six, but helooks older, with his dark hair and mous-tache. He had on a brand new uniform,new shoes, leggins, and hat, which his cap-tain had issued to him to go on permission. He got his permission unexpectedly anddid nt have time to write Mollie, and Iwas so glad she was at home. She hadtalked with him four hours when we ar-rived, and knew everything he had everdone, so she must have understood every-thing he had said to her. He had had tea with her. How I wishI had seen them I Although she had cakes,she asked him if he would like some breadand butter. This had pleased him to death,and Mollie said, Mother, I guess thereis nt any more bread and butter in thehouse, for he had nt had butter since 1914I[ 84 ]. MOLLIE AND HER •fILLEUL, PoULAIN LeON, OF THE io6th Regiment of Artillery You Who Can Help Marlborough found him very well in-formed and interesting, and we were bothdelighted with his most courteous manners;yet how could he have them when he hasbeen living in the trenches for two yearsand a half? He was so grateful for what Mollie haddone for him, and she had made him tellher what he liked and needed most, andhad asked him what he wanted to get inParis. He told her that he wanted to getthe three service stripes, for his two and ahalf years at the front, put on his new uni-form, so Mollie said, I told him to getit done and I would pay for it, and it madehim so happy. The French soldiers are paid four sous,or four cents, a day, so unless they havefamilies to do things for them, their viar-raines are a god-send. He looks uponMollie as a fairy godmother. After dinner Mollie gave him somemoney to spend in Paris, and after she hadgone to bed he stayed here until eleve
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