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Prologue[xi]
PART ONE
CHAPTER
I.The Motor-Gun[23]
II.Private Meyrick—Company Idiot[49]
III.Spud Trevor of the Red Hussars[77]
IV.The Fatal Second[99]
V.Jim Brent's V.C.[121]
VI.Retribution[155]
VII.The Death Grip[183]
VIII.James Henry[211]
PART TWO
THE LAND OF THE TOPSY TURVY
I.The Grey House[237]
II.The Women and—the Men[243]
III.The Woman and the Man[249]
IV."The Regiment"[257]
V.The Contrast[265]
VI.Black, White, and—Grey[271]
VII.Archie and Others[287]
VIII.On the Staff[291]
IX.No Answer[299]
X.The Madness[305]
XI.The Grey House Again[311]

PROLOGUE

PROLOGUE

Two days ago a dear old aunt of mine asked me to describe to her what shrapnel was like.

"What does it feel like to be shelled?" she demanded. "Explain it to me."