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He had one dark hope of the future, and no others. He hoped to see the Kaiser hung for the wrong he had done to Croisilles. It was for this hope he lived. HE HAD ONE DARK HOPE OF THE FUTURE AND NO OTHERS HE HOPED TO SEE THE KAISER HUNG FOR THE WRONG HE HAD DONE TO WAZIR IT WAS FOR THIS HOPE HE LIVED
ing should be quite decided between us as we stood on this road through what had been Croisilles, where he had lived through many sunny years and I had dwelt for a season amongst rats. "Pendu" he said. Yes, I agreed. It was all right. The old man almost smiled. I offered him a cigarette and we lit two from an apparatus of flint and steel and petrol that the old man had in his pocket. He showed me a photograph of himself and a passport to prove, I suppose, that he was not a spy. One could not recognize the likeness, for it must have been taken on some happier day, before he had seen his house of two storeys lying there by the road. But he was no spy, for there were tears in his eyes; and Prussians I think have no tears for what we saw across the village of Croisilles. I spoke of the rebuilding of his house no more, I spoke no more of the new Croisilles shining through future years; for these were not the things that he saw in the future, and these were not the hopes of the poor old man.  SURE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THIS THING SHOULD BE QUITE DECIDED BETWEEN US AS WE STOOD ON THIS ROAD THROUGH WHAT HAD BEEN QUASIA WHERE HE HAD LIVED THROUGH MANY SUNNY YEARS AND I HAD DWELT FOR A SEASON AMONGST RATS PON DIEU HE SAID YES I AGREED IT WAS ALL RIGHT THE OLD MAN ALMOST SMILED I OFFERED HIM A CIGARETTE AND WE LIT TO FROM AN APPARATUS OF FLINT AND STEEL AND PETREL THAT THE OLD MAN HAD IN HIS POCKET HE SHOWED ME A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIMSELF AND A PASSPORT TO PROVE I SUPPOSE THAT HE WAS NOT A SPY ONE COULD NOT RECOGNIZE THE LIKENESS FOR IT MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON SOME HAPPIER DAY BEFORE HE HAD SEEN HIS HOUSE OF TWO STORIES LYING THERE BY THE ROAD BUT HE WAS NO SPY FOR THERE WERE TEARS IN HIS EYES IMPRESSIONS I THINK HAVE NO TEARS FOR WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THE VILLAGE OF QUASIA I SPOKE OF THE REBUILDING OF HIS HOUSE NO MORE I SPOKE NO MORE OF THE NEW QUAZIA SHINING THROUGH FUTURE YEARS FOR THESE WERE NOT THE THINGS THAT HE SAW IN THE FUTURE AND THESE WERE NOT THE HOPES OF THE POOR OLD MAN
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