{"product_id":"2940013336315","title":"Under Fire","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.  The Vision\u003cbr\u003e    II.  In the Earth\u003cbr\u003e   III.  The Return\u003cbr\u003e    IV.  Volpatte and Fouillade\u003cbr\u003e     V.  Sanctuary\u003cbr\u003e    VI.  Habits\u003cbr\u003e   VII.  Entraining\u003cbr\u003e  VIII.  On Leave\u003cbr\u003e    IX.  The Anger of Volpatte\u003cbr\u003e     X.  Argoval\u003cbr\u003e    XI.  The Dog\u003cbr\u003e   XII.  The Doorway\u003cbr\u003e  XIII.  The Big Words\u003cbr\u003e   XIV.  Of Burdens\u003cbr\u003e    XV.  The Egg\u003cbr\u003e   XVI.  An Idyll\u003cbr\u003e  XVII.  The Sap\u003cbr\u003e XVIII.  A Box of Matches\u003cbr\u003e   XIX.  Bombardment\u003cbr\u003e    XX.  Under Fire\u003cbr\u003e   XXI.  The Refuge\u003cbr\u003e  XXII.  Going About\u003cbr\u003e XXIII.  The Fatigue-Party\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV.  The Dawn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUNDER FIRE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vision\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMONT BLANC, the Dent du Midi, and the Aiguille Verte look across at the\u003cbr\u003ebloodless faces that show above the blankets along the gallery of the\u003cbr\u003esanatorium. This roofed-in gallery of rustic wood-work on the first\u003cbr\u003efloor of the palatial hospital is isolated in Space and overlooks the\u003cbr\u003eworld. The blankets of fine wool--red, green, brown, or white--from\u003cbr\u003ewhich those wasted cheeks and shining eyes protrude are quite still. No\u003cbr\u003esound comes from the long couches except when some one coughs, or that\u003cbr\u003eof the pages of a book turned over at long and regular intervals, or\u003cbr\u003ethe undertone of question and quiet answer between neighbors, or now\u003cbr\u003eand again the crescendo disturbance of a daring crow, escaped to the\u003cbr\u003ebalcony from those flocks that seem threaded across the immense\u003cbr\u003etransparency like chaplets of black pearls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilence is obligatory. Besides, the rich and high-placed who have come\u003cbr\u003ehere from all the ends of the earth, smitten by the same evil, have\u003cbr\u003elost the habit of talking. They have withdrawn into themselves, to\u003cbr\u003ethink of their life and of their death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA servant appears in the balcony, dressed in white and walking softly.\u003cbr\u003eShe brings newspapers and hands them about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's decided,\" says the first to unfold his paper. \"War is declared.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpected as the news is, its effect is almost dazing, for this audience\u003cbr\u003efeels that its portent is without measure or limit. These men of\u003cbr\u003eculture and intelligence, detached from the affairs of the world and\u003cbr\u003ealmost from the world itself, whose faculties are deepened by suffering\u003cbr\u003eand meditation, as far remote from their fellow men as if they were\u003cbr\u003ealready of the Future--these men look deeply into the distance, towards\u003cbr\u003ethe unknowable land of the living and the insane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Austria's act is a crime,\" says the Austrian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"France must win,\" says the Englishman.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147519017200,"sku":"2940013336315","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013336315_p0.jpg?v=1763579864","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013336315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}