In such dangerous things as war the errors which proceed from a spirit of benevolence are the worst.
— von Clausewitz
Dedication
For: My FATHER and MOTHER and P.M. FINDLEY and in memory of T.I.F.
First words
She was standing in the middle of the railroad tracks.
Quotations
Houses, trees and fields of flax once flourished here. Summers had been blue with flowers. Now it was a shallow sea of stinking grey from end to end. And this is where you fought the war.
Last words
Robert and Rowena with Meg: Rowena seated astride the pony—Robert holding her in place. On the back is written: 'Look! You can see our breath!' And you can.
