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THERE ARE RUMOURS of an offensive. We go up to the front two days earlier than usual. On the way we pass a shelled school-house. Stacked up against its longer side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins. They still smell of resin, and pine, and the forest. There are at least a hundred.

Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front (p. 55). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Editi.

Kat gives no explanation. He has the bread, the rest doesn’t matter. I’m sure that if he were planted down in the middle of the desert, in half an hour he would have gathered together a supper of roast meat, dates, and wine.

Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front (p. 22). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.