10 A.M., _Juvisy._--I am now in an empty 1st class saloon (where I can take a long walk) after a long wait, with _cafe au lait_ and an omelette at Juvisy, and 'The Times' of October 5th. There is a pleasing uncertainty about one's own share on Active Service. I haven't the slightest idea whether, when I get to Villeneuve in half an hour's time, I shall-- (_a_) Remain there awaiting orders either in a French billet, a railway carriage, or a tent; (_b_) Be sent up to Braisne to join a train; or (_c_) Be sent down to Havre to ditto. We had a man in No.-- Stationary who got through the famous charge of the 9th Lancers unhurt, but came into hospital for an ingrowing toe nail! _Villeneuve_, 5 P.M.--Like a blithering idiot, I was so interested in the Gunner's Diary of his birthday "in my hole" that I passed Villeneuve Triage, and got out the station after! Had to wait 1-1/2 hours for a train back, and got here eventually at 12. Collared four polite London Scottish to carry my baggage, and found the Sister in charge of Train Ambulance people. I wish I could describe this extraordinary place. It is the Swindon of France; a huge wilderness of railway lines, trains, and enormous hangars, now used as camps and hospitals. Sister B. is encamped in a shut-off corner of one of these sheds surrounded by London Scottish cooking and making tea in little groups; they swarm here. I sleep to-night in the same small bed in an empty cottage with a Sister I've never seen before. We meal at a Convent French Hospital. I delivered my "Very Urgent" envelope to the R.T.O. for the Director of Supplies, and reported to Major ----, and after lunch had an hour's sleep on The Bed. There are rows of enterics on stretchers in khaki in this shed, waiting for motor ambulances to take them to Versailles No.-- G.H., being nursed here meanwhile. There are also British prisoners (defaulters) penned in in another corner, and French troops at the other end! III. On No.-- Ambulance Train (1) FIRST EXPERIENCES _October 13, 1914, to October 19, 1914_ "In lonely watches, night by night Great visions burst upon my sight, For down the stretches of the sky The hosts of dead go marching by. * * * * * Dear Christ, who reignst above the flood Of human tears and human blood, A weary road these men have trod: O house them in the home of God." III. On No.-- Ambulance Train (1). FIRST EXPERIENCES. _October 13, 1914, to October 19, 1914._ Ambulance Train--Under fire--Tales of the Retreat--Life on the Train. _Tuesday, October 13th._--At last I am on the train, and have just unpacked. There is an Army Sister and two Reserve, a Major ----, O.C., and two junior officers.