One soldier only sees a little bit of his own corner of the fight, you know." "But can't you tell me some of your own personal experiences ?" she persisted.

"They are so much more interesting than what one reads in print." "I never had any," he assured her.

"Fearfully slow time we had for months." "Of course, I don't believe a word you say," she declared, laughing.
"You're not taking me for a war correspondent, by any chance, are you ?" he asked.
She shook her head.
"Your language isn't sufficiently picturesque! Tell me, when are you going back ?" "As soon as I can pass the doctors-in a few days, I hope." "You hope ?" she repeated.

"Do you really mean that, or do you say it because it is the proper thing to say ?" He appeared for the moment to somewhat resent her question.
"The fact that I hope to get back," he remarked coldly, "has nothing whatever to do with my liking my job when I get there.

As a matter of fact, I hate it.