Length of service: one year or duration of war. Duration of war, of course. He didn't want to spend a whole year in the army.

“Last year we had many smallish hopes, made many smallish attempts, suffered man…”

“Look how beautiful the green lawns of the park are in the misty evening light, …”

“He's a man, she thought, and the very word gave her s frisson, a lurch inside.”

“They were completely happy. They couldn't stop smiling at each other, beaming l…”