[10] Asthewoundedofficerpassedfromthelineofbattle, , draggedhishorsesuddenlytoahalt, saluted, , forawonder, preciselylikeanhistoricalpainting.
[11] Totherearofthegeneralandhisstaffagroup, composedofabugler, twoorthreeorderlies, andthebearerofthecorpsstandard, alluponmaniacalhorses, wereworkinglikeslavestoholdtheirground, preserve, theirrespectfulinterval, whiletheshellsboomedintheairaboutthem, andcausedtheirchargerstomakefuriousquiveringleaps.
[12] Abattery, atumultuousandshiningmass, , thecriesoftheridersshoutingblameandpraise, menaceandencouragement, and, lasttheroarofthewheels, theslantoftheglisteningguns, ; itmadehaltsasdramaticasthecrashofawaveontherocks, andwhenitfledonward, thisaggregationofwheels, levers, motors, hadabeautifulunity, -chorusthatreachedintothedepthsofman’semotion.
[13] Thelieutenant, stillholdinghisarmasifitwereofglass, stoodwatchingthisbatteryuntilalldetailofitwaslost, savethefiguresoftheriders, whichroseandfellandwavedlashesovertheblackmass.
[14] Later, heturnedhiseyestowardthebattlewheretheshootingsometimescrackledlikebush-fires, sometimessputteredwithexasperatingirregularity, , orstoodandblazedawayattheinscrutabledistance.
[15] Hecameuponsomestragglers, , thesemen, nolongerhavingpartinthebattle, , everydivision, , carryinghiswoundedarmrearward, lookeduponthemwithwonder.
[16] Attheroadsideabrigadewasmakingcoffeeandbuzzingwithtalklikeagirls’ , seeinghisarm, begantoscold.“Why, man, that’.” Heappropriatedthelieutenantandthelieutenant’, , , feeling, inthispresence, thathedidnotknowhowtobecorrectlywounded.
[17] , gesticulatingandberating, whilefromtheambulances, bothcrammedwithwounded, .
[18] Abusysurgeonwaspassingnearthelieutenant.“Good-morning,” hesaid, ’sarmandhisfaceatoncechanged.“Well, let’shavealookatit.” ,“Whatmutton-headhadtieditupthatwayanyhow?” Thelieutenantanswered, “Oh, aman.”
[19] Whenthewoundwasdisclosedthedoctorfingereditdisdainfully.“Humph,” hesaid.“YoucomealongwithmeandI’lltendtoyou.” Hisvoicecontainedthesamescornasifheweresaying, “Youwillhavetogotojail.”
[20] Thelieutenanthadbeenverymeek, butnowhisfaceflushed, andhelookedintothedoctor’seyes.“IguessIwon’thaveitamputated,” hesaid.
[21] “Nonsense, man! Nonsense! Nonsense!” criedthedoctor.“Comealong, ’’tbeababy.”
[22] “Letgoofme,” saidthelieutenant, holdingbackwrathfully, hisglancefixeduponthedooroftheoldschool-house, assinistertohimastheportalsofdeath.
[23] , hissisters, hismother, hiswifesobbedforalongtimeatthesightoftheflatsleeve.“Oh, well,”hesaid, standingshamefacedamidthesetears, “Idon’tsupposeitmatterssomuchasallthat.”
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