The Ordeal by Fire By a Sergeant in the French Army
PART I
_BOOK I_
_August 1, 1914_
CHAPTER PAGE
I. JEANNINE LANDRY 3
II. A YOUNG MAN OF 1914 11
III. BELLS 19
IV. A MOUNTAIN VILLAGE, THE SAME EVENING 25
V. A MEDITATION AT THE WINDOW 31
_BOOK II_
_August 2nd-3rd_
VI. I GO BACK BY TRAIN 40
VII. PARIS, AT FIRST SIGHT 45
VIII. MY FATHER 51
IX. MY FRIEND 60
X. EVENING, ON THE BOULEVARDS 66
_BOOK III_
_August 4th-9th_
XI. THE FIRST STAGE 72
XII. NEW COMRADES AND OLD 79
XIII. KNOCKS AND CONTACTS 85
XIV. THE EXISTING STATE OF MIND 93
XV. AT THE GLOBE CAFÉ 103
XVI. CAVILLINGS 117
XVII. SUSPICIONS OF EMOTION 125
XVIII. A RETURN OF EGOISM 131