I believe that half the young men who came to Katharine's[73] dances last winter and who used to drop in at the house once in a while are dead in France already.

They went as a matter of course.

This is the reason they are going to win.

Now these things impress you, as they come to you day by day.
There isn't any formal social life now--no dinners, no parties.

A few friends dine with a few friends now and then very quietly.