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           HewenttoFrancetosaveanEnglandwhichconsistedalmostentirelyofShakespeare’splaysandMissIsabelPoleinagreendresswalkinginasquare.ThereinthetrenchesthechangewhichMr.Brewerdesiredwhenheadvisedfootballwasproducedinstantly;hedevelopedmanliness;hewaspromoted;hedrewtheattention,indeedtheaffectionofhisofficer,Evansbyname.Itwasacaseoftwodogsplayingonahearth-rug;oneworryingapaperscrew,snarling,snapping,givingapinch,nowandthen,attheolddog’sear;theotherlyingsomnolent,blinkingatthefire,raisingapaw,turningandgrowlinggood-temperedly.Theyhadtobetogether,sharewitheachother,fightwitheachother,quarrelwitheachother.ButwhenEvans(Reziawhohadonlyseenhimoncecalledhim“aquietman,”asturdyred-hairedman,undemonstrativeinthecompanyofwomen),whenEvanswaskilled,justbeforetheArmistice,inItaly,Septimus,farfromshowinganyemotionorrecognisingthatherewastheendofafriendship,congratulatedhimselfuponfeelingverylittleandveryreasonably.TheWarhadtaughthim.Itwassublime.Hehadgonethroughthewholeshow,friendship,EuropeanWar,death,hadwonpromotion,wasstillunderthirtyandwasboundtosurvive.Hewasrightthere.Thelastshellsmissedhim.Hewatchedthemexplodewithindifference.