That evening I hunted out all my French friends. The old flower lady in the Rue uttered a shriek, dropped her flowers, and embraced me again and again. Then there was the _Pharmacie_ to visit, the paper man, the pretty flapper, Monsieur and Madame from the "Omelette" Shop, and a host of others. I also saw the French general. For a moment he was puzzled--obviously he "knew the face but couldn't put a name to it," then his eye fell on the ribbon. "_Mon enfant_," was all he said, and without any warning he opened his arms and I received a smacking kiss on both cheeks! _Quel emotion!_ Everyone was so delighted, I felt the burden of the last two years slipping off my shoulders. Quite by chance I was put in my old original "cue." I counted the doors up the passage. Yes, it must be the one, there could be no doubt about it, and on looking up at the walls I could just discern the shadowy outlines of the panthers through a new coating of colour-wash. The hospital where I had been was shut up and empty, and was shortly going to become a Casino again. How good it was to be back with the F.A.N.Y.s! I had just caught them in time, for they were to be demobilised on the following Sunday and I began to realise, now that I was with them again, just how terribly I had missed their gay companionship. It was a singular and happy coincidence that on the second anniversary of the day I lost my leg, I should be cantering over the same fields at Peuplinghe where "Flanders" had so gallantly pursued "puss" that day so long ago, or was it really only yesterday? FRANCE, _May 9th, 1919._ * * * * * _Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury, England._ [Transcriber's Notes: The original text had no footnotes. I put markers in where the text was changed in any way. Varied hyphenation retained. Obvious spelling and punctuation errors repaired and noted. [1] Space introduced in "everyone" to read "every one[1] of those men" Chapter II page 14 [2] Period added "one had done." Chapter III page 25 [3] Position of opening parenthesis on this sentence surmised. Chapter VI page 47 "terms!)" [4] Period added at end of paragraph Chapter VII on page 51 "patients." [5] Word changed from "a" to "as" Chapter VII on page 55 "he was as[5] black" [6] Typo fixed "splendily" to "splendidly" Chapter VII page 56 "behaved splendidly" [7] Extraneous quotation mark removed from "_Mees anglaises_!" Chapter VII page 56 [8] Closing quote added Chapter IX page 78 "to vous plait_,"[8] they" [9] Typo fixed depot changed to depot to match remainder of text Chapter IX page 85 "enlisting depot[9] who" [10] Comma changed to a period Chapter X page 90 "places.[10] Up" [11] F.A.N.Y.work--space introduced to F.A.N.Y. work Chapter X page 108 [12] Ending quotation mark added. Chapter XI page 122. "Blighter"!" [13] Period inserted "at all.[13] As we" Chapter XIV page 182