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He wondered if Dante when he came up from Hell heard anyone calling amongst the Verdure, in sunlight, any familiar call such as merchants use, some trivial song or cry of his native city. HE WONDERED IF DANTE WHEN HE CAME UP FROM HELL HEARD ANY ONE CALLING AMONGST THE VERDER IN SUNLIGHT ANY FAMILIAR CALL AS MERCHANTS USE SOME TRIVIAL SONG OR CRY OF HIS NATIVE CITY
metime did, while they were taking tea. It was not that they had been afraid of him, but the strain of expectancy was over; and that strain being suddenly gone in a single night, they all had a need, whether they knew it or not, of something to take its place, so the football loomed very large. It was morning and he had slept long. The guns that grew active at dawn had not woke him; in those twelve days they had grown too familiar, but he woke wide when he heard the young English soldier with a bundle of three-days-old papers under his arm calling "Paiper, paiper!"--bringing to that strange camp the voice of the English towns. He woke wide at that wonder; and saw the sun shining cheerily, on desolation with a tinge of green in it, which even by itself rejoiced him on that morning after those twelve days amongst mud, looking at mud, surrounded by mud, protected by mud, sharing with mud the liability to be suddenly blown high and to come down in a shower on other men's helmets and coats.  DROP IN AT ANY MOMENT AND SOMETIMES DID WHILE THEY WERE TAKING TEA IT WAS NOT THAT THEY HAD BEEN AFRAID OF HIM BUT THE STRAIN OF EXPECTANCY WAS OVER AND THAT STRAIN BEING SUDDENLY GONE IN A SINGLE NIGHT THEY ALL HAD A NEED WHETHER THEY KNEW IT OR NOT OF SOMETHING TO TAKE ITS PLACE SO THE FOOTBALL LOOMED VERY LARGE IT WAS MORNING AND HE HAD SLEPT LONG THE GUNS THAT GREW ACTIVE AT DAWN HAD NOT WOKE HIM IN THOSE TWELVE DAYS HE HAD GROWN TOO FAMILIAR BUT HE WOKE WIDE WHEN HE HEARD THE YOUNG ENGLISH SOLDIER WITH A BUNDLE OF THREE DAYS OLD PAPERS UNDER HIS ARM CALLING PAPER PAPER BRINGING TO THAT STRANGE CAMP THE VOICE OF THE ENGLISH TOWNS HE WOKE WIDE AT THAT WONDER AND SAW THE SUN SHINING CHEERILY ON DESOLATION WITH A TINGE OF GREEN IN IT WHICH EVEN BY ITSELF REJOICED HIM ON THAT MORNING AFTER THOSE TWELVE DAYS AMONGST MUD LOOKING AT MUD SURROUNDED BY MUD PROTECTED BY MUD SHARING WITH MUD THE LIABILITY TO BE SUDDENLY BLOWN HIGH AND TO COME DOWN IN A SHOWER ON OTHER MEN'S HELMETS AND COATS
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