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The Forest of Swords

CHAPTER XII
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While it drives people apart it also brings them together.

We learn in battle, and its aftermath, that we're very much alike.

And now, my young Yankee, I'll be here again in two hours to change that bandage for the last time.

I'll be through with you then, and in another day you can go forward to meet the German shells." "I prefer to run against a horse's knee," said John with spirit.
Surgeon Lucien Delorme laughed heartily.
"I'm confirmed in my opinion that you won't need me after another change of bandages," he said.

"We've a couple of hundred thousand cases much worse than yours to tend, and Mademoiselle Lannes will look after you today.


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