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A hundred ian soldiers, and

theirs for him; his humor; his absurd riddles There was the one he had

asked Rene, the very day before the air attack He had stood stiffly and

frowningly before the boy, and he had asked in a highly official tone: "What eneral?"

"No"

"An officer?"

"No, no! Use your head boy! This is very important A mistake would

be most serious"

Rene had shaken his head dejectedly

"He ravely "Entirely dead As I

said, it is well to know these things A lea

It was quite fiveon the

doorstep

Was he still living, this Henri of the love of life and courting of

death? Could anything so living die? And if he had died had it been

because of her? She faced that squarely for the first time