russellcattle [2016-10-30 18:23:48 +0000 UTC]
She earnestly wants to know the answer, but I dare not tell her. It would break her heart to learn that in the morning, my regiment departs for Aboukir, where certain death awaits us all.
So I brush aside her question and ask her if she could pass me the salt, please.
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