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〃No。 Put them in that rucksack。〃
Miss Gage packed the bottles in the rucksack。 〃I'll give them to the porter；〃 she said。 She started for the door。
〃Just a minute；〃 Miss Van Campen said。 〃I'll take those bottles。〃 She had the porter with her。 〃Carry them； please；〃 she said。 〃I want to show them to the doctor when I make my report。〃
She went down the hall。 The porter carried the sack。 He knew what was in it。
Nothing happened except that I lost my leave。
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The night I was to return to the front I sent the porter down to hold a seat for me on the train when it came from Turin。 The train was to leave at midnight。 It was made up at Turin and reached Milan about half…past ten at night and lay in the station until time to leave。 You had to be there when it came in； to get a seat。 The porter took a friend with him； a machine…gunner on leave who worked in a tailor shop； and was sure that between them they could hold a place。 I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage。 There was a big rucksack and two musettes。
I said good…by at the hospital at about five o'clock and went out。 The porter had my baggage in his lodge and I told him I would be at the station a little before midnight。 His wife called me 〃Signorino〃 and cried。 She wiped her eyes and shook hands and then cried again。 I patted her on the back and she cried once more。 She had done my mending and was a very short dumpy； happy…faced woman with white h
