“Does it still hurt?”
“Not quite so much.”
“Where are you from?”
“From a village near Mans.”
“Do you think that your missus will be able to love you with that hole in your cheek and your hanging jaw?”
“I hope so.”
“Where were you in barracks?”
“At Saint-Mihiel.”
“Where did you get your wound?”
“At Marville, near Virton, in Belgium.”