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Big shadows floated along those old high walls. Then the talk ceased and everyone was still: nothing stirred but the shadows. An officer muttered in sleep of things far thence, and was silent. BIG SHADOWS FLOATED ALONG THOSE OLD HIGH WALLS THEN THE TALK CEASED AND EVERY ONE WAS STILL NOTHING STIRRED BUT THE SHADOWS AN OFFICER MUTTERED IN SLEEP OF THINGS FAR THENCE AND WAS SILENT
oon 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. 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. To just such houses as this, he thought, men must have come before and gone on next day to fight in other centuries; it seemed to him that it must have been more romantic then. Who knows? He had a bit of carpet to lie on. A few more officers came in in the early part of the night, and talked a little and lay down. A few candles were stuck on tables here and there. Midnight would have struck from the towers had any clock been left to strike in Peronne. Still talk went on in low voices here and there. The candles burned low and were fewer.  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 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 TO JUST SUCH HOUSES AS THIS HE THOUGHT MEN MUST HAVE COME BEFORE AND GONE ON NEXT DAY TO FIGHT IN OTHER CENTURIES IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN MORE ROMANTIC THAN WHO KNOWS HE HAD A BIT OF CARPET TO LIE ON A FEW MORE OFFICERS CAME IN THE EARLY PART OF THE NIGHT AND TALKED A LITTLE AND LAY DOWN A FEW CANDLES WERE STUCK ON TABLES HERE AND THERE MIDNIGHT WOULD HAVE STRUCK FROM THE TOWERS HAD ANY CLOCK BEEN LEFT TO STRIKE IN PERON STILL TALK WENT ON IN LOW VOICES HERE AND THERE THE CANDLES BURN LOW AND WERE FEWER
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