You understand, the rest of you....

We shall meet at dusk." Trenchard only said "Marie ..." then turned away from us.

Anna Petrovna, who had said nothing during this scene and had, indeed, seemed to be oblivious of it, plunged with her heavy clumsy walk across the road to the Red Cross house.

The Doctor and Marie Ivanovna disappeared behind the trench.

I was, as was always my case with Trenchard, both sympathetic and irritated.