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I tried to say in his language what I felt; and after my attempt he spoke of his house. I TRIED TO SAY IN HIS LANGUAGE WHAT I FELT AND AFTER MY ATTEMPT HE SPOKE OF HIS HOUSE
eyes open I could not find it. I did not recognize the lonely metalled road down which lorries were rushing for the little lane so full of life, whose wheel-ruts were three years old. As I gazed about me looking for our line, I passed an old French civilian looking down at a slight mound of white stone that rose a little higher than the road. He was walking about uncertainly, when first I noticed him, as though he was not sure where he was. But now he stood quite still looking down at the mound. "Voilà ma maison," he said. He said no more than that: this astounding remark, this gesture that indicated such calamity, were quite simply made. There was nothing whatever of theatrical pose that we wrongly associate with the French, because they conceal their emotions less secretly than we; there were no tragic tones in his voice: only a trace of deep affection showed in one of the words he used. He spoke as a woman might say of her only child, "Look at _my_ baby." "Voilà ma maison," he said. ND IT WITH MY EYES SHUT WITH MY EYES OPEN I COULD NOT FIND IT I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE LONELY METALED ROAD DOWN WHICH LORRIES WERE RUSHING FOR THE LITTLE LANE SO FULL OF LIFE WHOSE WHEEL RUTS WERE THREE YEARS OLD AS I GAZED ABOUT ME LOOKING FOR OUR LINE I PASSED AN OLD FRENCH CIVILIAN LOOKING DOWN AT A SLIGHT MOUND OF WHITE STONE THAT ROSE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE ROAD HE WAS WALKING ABOUT UNCERTAINLY WHEN I FIRST NOTICED HIM AS THOUGH HE WAS NOT SURE WHERE HE WAS BUT NOW HE STOOD QUITE STILL LOOKING DOWN AT THE MOUND VIOLA MA'AMAISON HE SAID HE SAID NO MORE THAN THAT THIS ASTOUNDING REMARK THIS GESTURE THAT INDICATED SUCH CALAMITY WERE QUITE SIMPLY MADE THERE WAS NOTHING WHATEVER OF THEATRICAL POSE THAT WE WRONGLY ASSOCIATE WITH THE FRENCH BECAUSE THEY CONCEALED THEIR EMOTIONS LESS SECRETLY THAN WE THERE WERE NO TRAGIC TONES IN HIS VOICE ONLY A TRACE OF DEEP AFFECTION SHOWED IN ONE OF THE WORDS HE USED HE SPOKE AS A WOMAN MIGHT SAY OF HER ONLY CHILD LOOK AT MY BABY VIOLA MAISON HE SAID
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