More talk of love would lead to the difficulties surrounding...Oh, God, he loved her, he did, she did, they did, it was.
It was.

“Courage for the big troubles in life, lad' he'd say, 'and patience for the smal…”

“They did not talk about the larger present, so circumscribed, so uncontrollable…”

“Length of service: one year or duration of war. Duration of war, of course. He …”

“Papa," she said easily, happily, walking across the park with him to the Albert…”