第1部分(第3/7 頁)

a　wistaria　vine　purple　on　the　side　of　the　house。　Now　the　fighting　was　in　the　next　mountains　beyond　and　was　not　a　mile　away。　The　town　was　very　nice　and　our　house　was　very　fine。　The　river　ran　behind　us　and　the　town　had　been　captured　very　handsomely　but　the　mountains　beyond　it　could　not　be　taken　and　I　was　very　glad　the　Austrians　seemed　to　want　to　e　back　to　the　town　some　time；　if　the　war　should　end；　because　they　did　not　bombard　it　to　destroy　it　but　only　a　little　in　a　military　way。　People　lived　on　in　it　and　there　were　hospitals　and　caf閟　and　artillery　up　side　streets　and　two　bawdy　houses；　one　for　troops　and　one　for　officers；　and　with　the　end　of　the　summer；　the　cool　nights；　the　fighting　in　the　mountains　beyond　the　town；　the　shell…marked　iron　of　the　railway　bridge；　the　smashed　tunnel　by　the　river　where　the　fighting　had　been；　the　trees　around　the　square　and　the　long　avenue　of　trees　that　led　to　the　square；　these　with　there　being　girls　in　the　town；　the　King　passing　in　his　motor　car；　sometimes　now　seeing　his　face　and　little　long　necked　body　and　gray　beard　like　a　goat's　chin　tuft；　all　these　with　the　sudden　interiors　of　houses　that　had　lost　a　wall　through　shelling；　with　plaster　and　rubble　in　their　gardens　and　sometimes　in　the　street；　and　the　whole　thing　going　well　on　the　Carso　made　the　fall　very　different　from　the　last　fall　when　we　had　been　in　the　country。　The　war　was　changed　too。

The　forest　of　oak　trees　on　the　mountain　beyond　the　town　was　gone。　The　forest　had　been　green　in　the　summer　when　we　had　e　into　the　town　but　now　there　were　the　stumps　and　the　broken　trunks　and　the　ground　torn　up；　and　one　day　at　the　end　of　the　fall　when　I　was　out　where　the　oak　forest　had　been　I　saw　a　cloud　ing　over　the　mountain。　It　came　very　fast　and　the　sun　went　a　dull　yellow　and　then　everything　was　gra