A Farewell to Arms

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Driver.

- Driver, stop!

- Why do you want to stop?

The man up there. He is bleeding

to death.

We can't stop. Not here.

The brakes won't hold.

Orderly, Orderly!

and just as guility as a soldier would be.....

...who deserted his post under fire.

Now in making an example of you, I....

I beg your pardon sir. I have some

wounded outside. I am looking for the...

Oh yes, yes, yes. You want the

Italien unit. We are the English unit you see.

- Yes number 20 7.

- They're in the other wing. Moved in today.

Yes out that way, straight ahead.

Thank-you Major.

What's the girl's friend been doing?

Typical male conceit.

I think they're going to send her

back home.

It's a dirty shame. She'll be

disgraced.

Shh, here they come.

Well, is it necessary for us all to be

here at one time? Get back to your post.

You be packed and ready to leave

in one hour.'

Molly.

Can I help pack.

I guess so....if you want to.

Why of course I want to.

- Good girls.

- I beg your pardon?

I say, she's the only human being in

the whole lot of us.

I'm sorry Miss Barkley appears to

sympathize with one....

....that has disgraced the uniform

that we all wear.

- Davie!

- Renaulte!

Get away. You're fi lthy.

You anglosaxens. You're not to

clean yourself.

Did you bring me some good

kisses, baby? Did you have trouble finding us?

No.

How do you feel? Is there going to

be an offensive?

Were you under fire? Madonna, but

I worried about you!

Yes, I can see how much you've

been worrying.

I had 7 operations today baby and

one of them was beautiful.

I took the heart out.

It lay in my hand, and beat like this.

You should have seen it. It was lovely.

Soon Renaulte will be the best

surgeon in all the court.

Then in all the army.....

and some day, in all of ltaly.

- Why not in all the world?

- Why not?

You will like it here baby.

What sort of a town is this?

Any girls?

Many beautiful English nurses.

The most beautiful is Miss Barkley

I am in love with her.

Does she know it?

Not yet.

Have you any money?

- Yes.

- Lend me 50 lire.

What for?

I want to make on Miss Barkley the

impression of a man of sufficient wealth.

- All right.

- Thank-you.

You are my great and good friend

and financial protector.

And you're an ass.

Now we will eat and drink and I will

take you to meet Miss Barkley.

But, you must make for me a good

impression upon her.

- Now listen......

- But you must.

And you can have a nurse too.

There is another one named Miss

Fergerson. She is very, very nice.

- No.

- No?

First we will eat and drink and then

we'll go and see the girls, yes?

Yes.

You see, she doesn't know.

Neither do I.

Oh, you've had too much wine.

It's filthy wine....it takes the enamel off your

teeth and leaves it on the roof of your mouth.

- Where was I?

- Architecture.

Oh yes. Look.....

.....I'll explain.

This my dear, is called an arch....

The arch my dear, is perhaps the

oldest of architecturial devices.

Arch. Architecture.

The very word will tell you how

inextricably the two are one.

In a word my dear.....

Architecture.....

...is the most ancient of the arts.

You'd better put your shoe on, or

you'll get cold feet.

If you please, I'd like to go now.

The air raid seems to be over.

Catherine.

Catherine.

- Catherine.

- Here I am Fergie. I'm coming.

Oh, I was so worried.

Did you think I'd been blown away?

I didn't know what to think. Nobody

saw where you went.

Who's that man.

Oh, I don't know.

Some lunatic.

Come on.

What if we take the mountains to

the north. Behind them are more

mountains....

and behind those more yet. And we

take them all only if the Austrians stop fighting.

One side of course will stop.

- It will go on forever.

- Like him.

No, no, no. It is not true.

But you don't want us to attack?

If we must have war, I suppose we

must attack.

But, so many die that way.

But what is death to a Christian.

Don't encourage him Fergie.

Frederico.

- You are back safe.

- Hello Father.

- I am so glad.

- He prays and prays for you Frederico.

Every time you go out the door, he

does the same.

Oh, I pray for you all.

You are late baby. How is it up

there? Quiet?

You nearly missed the party.

But it is very dull.

But Miss Barkley is her and her

friend Miss Fergerson.

The one you will like. Come.

Miss Barkley, permit me to present

to you...

... my friend and war brother Lt. Henry.

He has just returned back from the front.

How do you do?

How do you do?

And this is Miss Fergerson.

-How do you do?

- How do you do?

Now he begins again, that fellow.

Quick let us go into the garden.

Now, you stay here.

I will fi nd something for us to drink.

Grappa? Vermouth?

- Which do you like?

- All of them.

Then you shall have all of them.

-Nice out here.

- Isn't it?

We seem fated to bump into each

other in the dark.

I'm sorry about that. I mistook you

for someone else.

So I gathered.

- I had been drinking.

- So I'd gathered that too.

- Mad?

- No.

- You're an American, aren't you?

- Yes.

Then what are you doing in the

Italien army?

It's not really the army, it's only the

ambulance.

It's very odd. Why did you do it?

I don't know. Why did you?

Oh, I joined up in England.

The fact is the boy I was engaged

to had gone across.

- Where is Miss Fergerson.

- Why don't you go and see?

Yes, do bring her out Captain

Renaulte.

Have some?

Thanks.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Because I'm here with you.

Women perfer him as a rule.

Shall we take a walk?

Yes, let's.

- Where is he now?

- Who?

The boy you were engaged to.

He's dead.

He was killed by a SAM.

Were you engaged long?

Eight years. We grew up together.

Why didn't you marry?

I didn't know what the war was like

then

If I had to do over again, I'd marry him.

When I joined up, I had this silly

idea that he may......

.....come to the hospital where I was.

With a saber cut I suppose and a

bandage around his head.

Shot through the shoulder.

Something picturesque.

This is a picturesque front. Not

France.

He didn't have a saber cut.

They blew him to bits.

What are you thinking about now?

About whiskey.

What about whiskey?

About how nice it is.

You're nice too.

You're nice too.

- Why not?

- No please.

- Yes.

- No please!

I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?

It's all right.

I'm dreadly sorry. Really.

I just couldn't bear...

...the nurses' evening off.

It's quite all right. I don't mind at all.

Poor man.

You see......I've been leading a

funny sort of life.

Besides, you're so very beautiful.

You don't have to talk a lot of

nonesense, I said I'm sorry.

We could get along.

We could get along.

You're sweet.

- You're sweet.

- Yes, you are.

I would be very glad to have you

kiss me now, if you don't mind.

Did you have a nice time baby?

You made progress with her, eh?

We're friends. If that's what you

mean?

I mean...was she nice to you.....

Shut up!

I am a man of extreme delicacy, but

was she.....

Renaulte! Will you please shut up.

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