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Show Things He Hasn't Done. I may come home-for my 1C8 hours' leave, and the, very thought of civilized civil-ized life again amuses me. There are so many "necessary" things I have not done for a long time. I fervently hope there will he no sheets on my bed and (he bath-wafer won't be hot. It would take a very low temperature to burn me now. I think I shall live away in some little corner where I cannot see any khaki. I haven'.t been up a flight of stairs, seen a carpet or armchair, or tasted fresh fish for three months. I haven't looked in a "real" shop, or seen a smart woman, or heard music, or walked in anything harder than mud for three months. I haven't tasted fresh water or even "fizz" since I have been away. I haven't seen any evening paper, I haven't drunk out of a china cup, I haven't eaten off a china plate. But the experience I have been through has been worth the sacrifice of all these things, and I wouldn't sell a moment of it. From a British Officer Of-ficer to Ilia Family. |