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- 0:00Chapter eight. While the bombardment was knocking the trench to piece us at Palusata,
- 0:07he lay very flat and sweat it and prayed, O Jesus, Christ,
- 0:11get me out of her. Dear Jesus, please get me out Christ.
- 0:15Please, please, please Christ. If you'll only keep me from getting
- 0:20killed, I'll do anything you say. I believe in you, and I'll
- 0:23tell everyone in the world that you are the only thing that matters. Please,
- 0:28please, Dear Jesus. The shelling moved further up the line. We
- 0:32went to work on the trench, and in the morning the sun came up,
- 0:36and the day was hot and muggy and cheerful and quiet. The next
- 0:41night, Packet Mestre. He did not tell the girl he went upstairs with
- 0:45at the Villarossa about Jesus, and he never told anybody. End of Chapter eight.