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In the old drawing room with twenty others, the wandering officer lay down to sleep on the floor, and thought of old wars that came to the cities of France a long while ago. IN THE OLD DRAWING ROOM WITH TWENTY OTHERS THE WANDERING OFFICER LAY DOWN TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR AND THOUGHT OF OLD WARS THAT CAME TO THE CITIES OF FRANCE A LONG WHILE AGO
 one saw of simple household things, tables, chairs, the fire in the kitchen, pieces of carpet, floors, ceilings, and even windows, the more one wondered; it did not seem natural in Peronne. Picture to yourself a fine drawing-room with high ornamental walls and all the air about it of dignity, peace and ease, that were so recently gone; only just, as it might have been, stepped through the double doorway; skirts, as it were, of ladies only just trailed out of sight; and then turn in fancy to that great town streaming with moonlight, full of the mystery that moonlight always brings, but without the light of it; all black, dark as caverns of earth where no light ever came, blacker for the moonlight than if no moon were there; sombre, mourning and accursed, each house in the great streets sheltering darkness amongst its windowless walls; as though it nursed disaster, having no other children left, and would not let the moon peer in on its grief or see the monstrous orphan that it fondled. SE SHOULD HAVE AND THE MORE THAT ONE SAW OF SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD THINGS TABLES CHAIRS THE FIRE IN THE KITCHEN PIECES OF CARPET FLOORS CEILINGS AND EVEN WINDOWS THE MORE ONE WONDERED IT DID NOT SEEM NATURAL IN PERONNE PICTURE TO YOURSELF A FINE DRAWING ROOM WITH HIGH ORNAMENTAL WALLS AND ALL THE AIR ABOUT IT OF DIGNITY PEACE AND EASE THAT WERE SO RECENTLY GONE ONLY JUST AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN STEP THROUGH THE DOUBLE DOORWAY SKIRTS AS IT WERE OF LADIES ONLY JUST TRAILED OUT OF SIGHT AND THEN TURN IN FANCY TO THAT GREAT TOWN STREAMING WITH MOONLIGHT FULL OF THE MYSTERY THAT MOONLIGHT ALWAYS BRINGS BUT WITHOUT THE LIGHT OF IT ALL BLACK DARK AS CAVERNS OF EARTH WHERE NO LIGHT EVER CAME BLACKER FOR THE MOONLIGHT THAN IF NO MOON WERE THERE SOMBRE MOURNING AND ACCURST EACH HOUSE IN THE GREAT STREETS OF SHELTERING DARKNESS AMONGST ITS WINDOWLESS WALLS AS THOUGH IT NURSED DISASTER HAVING NO OTHER CHILDREN LEFT AND WOULD NOT LET THE MOON PEER IN ON ITS GRIEF OR SEE THE MONSTROUS ORPHAN THAT IT FONDLED
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