. A green tent in Flanders. ench, put the easy-going Americansat a disadvantage. When not happily un-conscious he is irked by what he cannotquite size up. We Americans still trail 98 A GREEN TENT IN FLANDERS »- ,, nebulous envelopes while pressure has solidi-fied and crystallized the French. Neither is it easy for us to understandthe objective dramatic quality of the Frenchmind. Its unemotional clarity sees life interms of art. What we crudely sum up inthem as dissension even as intrigue is gener-ally no more than the interplay of vivid,sharpened imaginations working themselvesout into a witty
. A green tent in Flanders. ench, put the easy-going Americansat a disadvantage. When not happily un-conscious he is irked by what he cannotquite size up. We Americans still trail 98 A GREEN TENT IN FLANDERS »- ,, nebulous envelopes while pressure has solidi-fied and crystallized the French. Neither is it easy for us to understandthe objective dramatic quality of the Frenchmind. Its unemotional clarity sees life interms of art. What we crudely sum up inthem as dissension even as intrigue is gener-ally no more than the interplay of vivid,sharpened imaginations working themselvesout into a witty indulgence of each othershighly individualized and widely varyingpoints of view and a breezy criticism ofmore phlegmatic reactions. Evidently I shall have a chance here toindulge my own small passion—^just tounderstand. And what if life at the front,for all its self-denials, should not be withouta pinch of its old flavouring? Yet I beginto be a little uneasy about the non est necesse, navigare necesse THE CARPENTER December 23. Im thirsty, sister, dying of thirst. Giveme a drink. Im thirsty, oh! so thirsty—a httle wine! At home I have a cellar,so cool, and the good country wine quenchesthirst. Only a little drink, good sister—afew drops. Why do you refuse? A throat-ful, and I will say no more. My friend, you must be patient. Yourturn comes next. They will operate on youpresently. After that I will give you winewith a little water—not your good Sarthewine, perhaps, but the best that we can getfor you here. The doctor has you must let me give you this. Dontlook so scared of the needle. It will hardlyhurt you. There! The worst is over, and itwill help you to bear your thirst. And ifyou will be good and not swallow it you 99 100 A GREEN TENT IN FLANDERS may hold this piece of lemon in your , there—is it not better now? The poor head moved restlessly on thepillow, first to one side, then to the thin livid lips tremble
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