“I don’t know.”

“You see if the war went on they would make bad trouble for his family.”

“The war won’t go on,” a soldier said. “We’re going home. The war is over.”

“Everybody’s going home.”

“We’re all going home.”

“Come on, Tenente ,” Piani said. He wanted to get past them.

“ Tenente ? Who’s a Tenente ? Abasso gli ufficiali! Down with the officers!”