It is during this period that the author was appointed first lieutenant in July and Captain in October after the capture of Douaumont.
On December 15, 1916, Captain Capart was at Pepper Hill during the victorious advance of the French.
CHAPTER SEVEN
STORY OF A PAIR OF BOOTS, BAR-LE-DUC.
June 6, 1916.
I have just dined with General Pétain. I find myself in the little home of M. and Mme. Lévy, where I have put up during the last days of our sojourn in this city.
I occupy a pretty room looking out on the garden, at which I look every morning on awakening——
Seated on my bed, I do not think of sleep, but let my thoughts wander, fixedly regarding the flame of my candle!
All at once my eyes rest on the new boots which I have bought the same morning in Paris.