{"product_id":"2940013270022","title":"THE HOSTS OF THE AIR","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER                         PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   I. THE TRENCH                   1\u003cbr\u003e  II. THE YOUNG AUSTRIAN          25\u003cbr\u003e III. JULIE'S COMING              45\u003cbr\u003e  IV. THE HOTEL AT CHASTEL        70\u003cbr\u003e   V. THE REGISTER                87\u003cbr\u003e  VI. JOHN'S RESOLVE             108\u003cbr\u003e VII. THE PURSUIT                128\u003cbr\u003eVIII. INTO GERMANY               160\u003cbr\u003e  IX. THE GREAT CASTLE           179\u003cbr\u003e   X. THE FAIR CAPTIVE           200\u003cbr\u003e  XI. THE EFFICIENT HOSTLER      225\u003cbr\u003e XII. THE HUNTING LODGE          248\u003cbr\u003eXIII. THE DANGEROUS FLIGHT       278\u003cbr\u003e XIV. THE HAPPY ESCAPE           299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TRENCH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young man was shaving. His feet rested upon a broad plank embedded in\u003cbr\u003emud, and the tiny glass in which he saw himself hung upon a wall of raw,\u003cbr\u003ereeking earth. A sky, somber and leaden, arched above him, and now and\u003cbr\u003ethen flakes of snow fell in the sodden trench, but John Scott went on\u003cbr\u003eplacidly with his task.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe face that looked back at him had been changed greatly in the last\u003cbr\u003esix months. The smoothness of early youth was gone--for the time--and\u003cbr\u003eserious lines showed about the mouth and eyes. His cheeks were thinner\u003cbr\u003eand there was a slight sinking at the temples, telling of great\u003cbr\u003eprivations, and of dangers endured. But the features were much stronger.\u003cbr\u003eThe six months had been in effect six years. The boy of Dresden had\u003cbr\u003ebecome the man of the trenches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe finished, rubbed his hand over his face to satisfy himself that the\u003cbr\u003elast trace of young beard and mustache was gone, put away his shaving\u003cbr\u003ematerials in a little niche that he had dug with his own hands in the\u003cbr\u003ewall of the trench, and turned to the Englishman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Am I all right, Carstairs?\" he asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You do very well. There's mud on your boots, but I suppose you can't\u003cbr\u003ehelp it. The melting snow in our trench makes soggy footing in spite of\u003cbr\u003eall we can do. But you're trim, Scott. That new gray uniform with the\u003cbr\u003eblue threads running through it becomes you. All the Strangers are\u003cbr\u003ethankful for the change. It's a great improvement over those long blue\u003cbr\u003ecoats and baggy red trousers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But we don't have any chance to show 'em,\" said Wharton, who sat upon a\u003cbr\u003esmall stool, reading a novel. \"Did I ever think that war would come to\u003cbr\u003ethis? Buried while yet alive! A few feet of cold and muddy trench in\u003cbr\u003ewhich to pass one's life! This is an English story I'm reading. The\u003cbr\u003elovely _Lady Ermentrude_ and the gallant _Sir Harold_ are walking in the\u003cbr\u003egarden among the roses, and he's about to ask her the great question.\u003cbr\u003eThere are roses, roses, and the deep green grass and greener oaks\u003cbr\u003eeverywhere, with the soft English shadows coming and going over them.\u003cbr\u003eThe birds are singing in the boughs. I suppose they're nightingales, but\u003cbr\u003edo nightingales sing in the daytime? And when I shut my book I see only\u003cbr\u003ewalls of raw, red earth, and a floor, likewise of earth, but stickier\u003cbr\u003eand more hideous. Even the narrow strip of sky above our heads is the\u003cbr\u003ecolor of lead, and has nothing soft about it.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181104644336,"sku":"2940013270022","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013270022_p0.jpg?v=1763578643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013270022","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}