The Happy Foreigner by Enid Bagnold
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page 113 of 274 (41%)
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"Well, what bread! It's like cake!" "Oh, the Americans eat well!" "I don't agree with you. They put money into their food, and they eat a lot of it, but they can't cook. "Isn't it astonishing what they eat! It's astonishing what all the armies eat compared with our soldiers." "Now this cake-bread! I should soon sicken of it. But _they_ will eat sweets and such things all day long." "Well, I told you they are children!" "The Americans here seem different. They behave better than those in France." "These are very _chics types_. Pershing is here. This is the Headquarters Staff." "Yes, one can see they are different." "It appears they get on very well with the Germans." "Hsh--not so loud." After dinner they strolled out into the town. The Bearskin was very anxious to get a "genuine iron cross." |
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