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There were a few nurses there, in their white veils with the red cross

over the forehead, and one or two Englishwoh on the tops of their heads and with long lists before them

which they checked as they ate Aviators in leather coats; a few Spahis

in cloak and turban, with full-gathered blooh boots; so; and many

officers, in every uniforether

and for a tihts, food

and warmth, and red and white wine htful companion; not with Henri's

lift of spirits, but quietly interesting And that evening he was a new

Jean to Sara Lee, aof world affairs He

found her apt and intelligent, and for Sara Lee ht Until then she had known only

the humanities of the war, or its inhumanities There, over that little

table, she learned so of its politics and its inevitability She

had been working in the dark, with her heart only Now she began to

grasp the real significance of it all, of Belgium's anxiety for many