human
Think what those fellows down below are going through now,
gpt
I don't envy them,
human
Nor I, agreed Jacques.
gpt
We've all been through that though and I suppose we will soon again.
human
Perhaps to-morrow even, exclaimed Earl.
gpt
I wonder where the _douzième_ is now.
human
Probably in the thick of that fight,
gpt
They are if they have anything to say about it,
human
What a crowd they are,
gpt
Think how many are gone,
human
And how many are going to go too,
gpt
Perhaps we three right here,
human
Perhaps so, agreed Jacques.
gpt
For me there could be no finer death though than to die with my face to the enemy; to die for my country, fighting for France.
human
Let's hope you may live for France,
gpt
She has lost so many of her young men, said Earl.
human
She needs all she has and she'll need them after the war too.
gpt
That's true, agreed Jacques.
human
Have you noticed lately that the regiments are made up of older men than they were before? The soldiers now are mostly between thirty and forty, where they used to be between twenty and thirty.
gpt
The young armies are gone, said Earl.
human
Armies of little wooden crosses everywhere along the battle-line show where they have gone, too.
gpt
We're going down now, announced Jacques suddenly.
human
That is our hangar below there.
gpt
How can you see? demanded Leon.
human
I never can see anything at night.
gpt
I have always been very good in the dark, said Jacques.
human
Here we go.