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n； passing the lake on one side and on the other the wet brown fields and the bare woods and the wet houses。 We came into Lausanne and went into a medium…sized hotel to stay。 It was still raining as we drove through the streets and into the carriage entrance of the hotel。 The concierge with brass keys on his lapels； the elevator； the carpets on the floors； and the white washbowls with shining fixtures； the brass bed and the big fortable bedroom all seemed very great luxury after the Guttingens。 The windows of the room looked out on a wet garden with a wall topped by an iron fence。 Across the street； which sloped steeply； was another hotel with a similar wall and garden。 I looked out at the rain falling in the fountain of the garden。
Catherine turned on all the lights and menced unpacking。 I ordered a whiskey and soda and lay on the bed and read the papers I had bought at the station。 It was March； 1918； and the German offensive had started in France。 I drank the whiskey and soda and read while Catherine unpacked and moved around the room。
〃You know what I have to get； darling；〃 she said。
〃What？〃
〃Baby clothes。 There aren't many people reach my time without baby things。〃
〃You can buy them。〃
〃I know。 That's what I'll do to…morrow。 I'll find out what is necessary。〃
〃You ought to know。 You were a nurse。〃
〃But so few of the soldiers had babies in the hospitals。〃
〃I did。〃
She hit me with the pillow and spilled th
