![]() Rinaldi leaves after dinner, and the major says Rinaldi thinks he has syphilis. After Rinaldi makes some more harsh comments, the priest suggests he needs a leave, which only enrages Rinaldi more. Rinaldi tries to tease the priest, but the priest does not rise to the bait, and neither Henry nor the major provides any encouragement. ![]() The major joins them, and the priest comes in later. Rinaldi, who has no such sacred subjects, admits he may be jealous, and says he has no married friends because he is the "'snake of reason.'" The only things he likes, he says, are sex and drinking. ![]() Rinaldi asks sexual questions about her, but Henry refuses to discuss it. ![]() Rinaldi wants to get drunk, but Henry tells him he has had jaundice and cannot get drunk. Rinaldi says he is depressed when he operated all summer he never had the chance to think, but now he does not operate and he feels horrible. Rinaldi greets him and inspects his knee. Henry goes to his room and thinks about Catherine, despite wanting to think about her only before sleep. He directs Henry to take a car to Caporetto tomorrow and send back another driver, Gino. The major reports that the summer has been bad to them Rinaldi is in the hospital now. His major asks to see the two ribbons Henry won. Henry rides from Udine over muddy roads and by bare fall trees to a dreary homecoming in Gorizia. ![]()
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