Summary

Chapter 11 takes place in 1943, mostly during Teddy's leave between tours.

The chapter begins during one of Teddy's leaves from his tour of duty; he was with Nancy and they were walking Lucky, his unit's dog mascot given to Teddy from Ursula. He wanted to talk about the war, both what Nancy's duty was and what his experience had been thus far, but Nancy quieted him and asked that they talk about something else. They two had spent just about twenty-four hours together, since that's all Nancy could get off from her war duty. They met at King's Cross, stayed a night in a hotel on the outskirts of London, and said goodbye the following day from a different train station.

During their time together, Teddy proposed to Nancy with a ring she had purchased herself. The...