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One need not doubt that the report is true. ONE NEED NOT DOUBT THAT THE REPORT IS TRUE
n the mud, and common weeds overpower them; it is not ruin but rubbish that covers the ground here and spreads its untidy flood for hundreds and hundreds of miles. A band plays in Arras, to the north and east the shells go thumping on. The very origins of things are in doubt, so much is jumbled together. It is as hard to make out just where the trenches ran, and which was No-Man's-Land, as it is to tell the houses from garden and orchard and road: the rubbish covers all. It is as though the ancient forces of Chaos had come back from the abyss to fight against order and man, and Chaos had won. So lies this village of France. As I left it a rat, with something in its mouth, holding its head high, ran right across the village. The Real Thing Once at manoeuvres as the Prussian Crown Prince charged at the head of his regiment, as sabres gleamed, plumes streamed, and hooves thundered behind him, he is reported to have said to one that galloped near him: "Ah, if only this were the real thing!  PART SEVEN OF UNHAPPY FAR OFF THINGS THIS IS A LIBRAVOX RECORDING OLIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY TRAVICE WAKEMEN PETERSBURG VIRGINIA THE REAL THING ONCE AT MANEUVERS AS THE PRUSSIAN CROWN PRINCE CHARGED AT THE HEAD OF HIS REGIMENT AS SABRES GLEAMED PLUMES STREAMED AND HOOFS THUNDERED BEHIND HIM HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID TO ONE THAT GALLOPED NEAR HIM AH IF ONLY THIS WERE THE REAL THING
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