第7部分(第2/8 頁)

id。　〃He　was　a　big　smart　tall　boy　to　be　in　the　granatieri。　Always　in　Rome。　Always　with　the　girls。　Always　with　the　carabinieri。〃　He　laughed。　〃Now　they　have　a　guard　outside　his　house　with　a　bayonet　and　nobody　can　e　to　see　his　mother　and　father　and　sisters　and　his　father　loses　his　civil　rights　and　cannot　even　vote。　They　are　all　without　law　to　protect　them。　Anybody　can　take　their　property。〃

〃If　it　wasn't　that　that　happens　to　their　families　nobody　would　go　to　the　attack。〃

〃Yes。　Alpini　would。　These　V。　E。　soldiers　would。　Some　bersaglieri。〃

〃Bersaglieri　have　run　too。　Now　they　try　to　forget　it。〃

〃You　should　not　let　us　talk　this　way；　Tenente。　Evviva　l'esercito；〃　Passini　said　sarcastically。

〃I　know　how　you　talk；〃　I　said。　〃But　as　long　as　you　drive　the　cars　and　behave……〃

〃……and　don't　talk　so　other　officers　can　hear；〃　Manera　finished。　〃I　believe　we　should　get　the　war　over；〃　I　said。　〃It　would　not　finish　it　if　one　side　stopped　fighting。　It　would　only　be　worse　if　we　stopped　fighting。〃

〃It　could　not　be　worse；〃　Passini　said　respectfully。　〃There　is　nothing　worse　than　war。〃

〃Defeat　is　worse。〃

〃I　do　not　believe　it；〃　Passini　said　still　respectfully。　〃What　is　defeat？　You　go　home。〃

〃They　e　after　you。　They　take　your　home。　They　take　your　sisters。〃

〃I　don't　believe　it；〃　Passini　said。　〃They　can't　do　that　to　everybody。　Let　everybody　defend　his　home。　Let　them　keep　their　sisters　in　the　house。〃

〃They　hang　you。　They　e　and　make