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VII EILEEN’S INSPIRATION
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Shortly after the great Argonne Offensive commenced, the Fifth Corps1 Air Service was visited by a small troop of Y. M. C. A. entertainers. I was at their airdrome at the time. In the party were two young ladies, one blonde and the other a brunette. As I was a sort of special boarder myself, I was very fortunately a guest at the Headquarters Mess, and at the head of the table sat Lieutenant2 Colonel A. R. Christie, who was the commander-in-chief of the Corps Air Service. I had heard early in the afternoon that these girls were coming, and it had been so long since I had seen a real American girl that my enthusiasm over their prospective3 arrival was not exceeded by a country lad’s anticipation4 of his first circus.
As luck would have it, at the dinner table I was seated next to the brunette, which was just what I had wanted. I must say she was a “Queen.” She had eyes that were all eyes, and when she smiled it seemed, as the poet would say, just like the flooding of a dark and desolate5 dungeon6 with the glorious light of day. She wore a daintily scented7 perfume that made it all seem to be just like the environment 140of a wonderful rose garden and this girl was the loveliest rose of them all.
I immediately felt my insignificance8, for I was only a Lieutenant, and around me were Colonels, Majors and Captains, and on account of this subordinance I knew my place demanded reticence10 rather than verbosity11. Therefore, when introduced I merely told her quite formally how happy I was to know her and then I closed shop with all the good intentions of a huge, triple-locked, steel safe. However, Eileen, for this was her name, had the master combination for unlocking the deposit box of pentup conversation. She started it, but after she had been going for two or three minutes, rank did not amount to anything to me, because I was quite sure, as I had been several times before and have been several times since, that this was the one girl God had made for Elmer. So to me Rank was business and Love was pleasure, and pleasure 
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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     determined 
      
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     bent 
      
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     momentary 
      
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     convoys 
      
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     hunch 
      
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     fugitive 
      
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     wireless 
      
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     interfere 
      
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     formulating 
      
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     undoubtedly 
      
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     accurately 
      
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     wagons 
      
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     drawn 
      
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     disastrous 
      
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     profane 
      
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     emissions 
      
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     penitentiary 
      
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     wrecking 
      
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     mighty 
      
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| v.移动,用策略( maneuver的现在分词 );操纵 | |
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     slaughter 
      
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     ammunition 
      
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     ruse 
      
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     infantry 
      
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     cartridge 
      
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