Summary

Part Three, Chapter X: The Vosges begins in November of 1915. Ward is serving in the war for the ambulance corps. Ward is having chest pains, but does not want to quit. The ambulance he is in reaches a spot in the road that has been bombed. As Ward carries a stretcher he thinks about the Congo and that he is now a porter. He steps on a loose rock and falls to the ground with an injured knee.

Ward returns to Rolleboise. He needs knee surgery, but they believe his heart is not strong enough. Though he is seriously ill, Sarita is just glad to know where he is.

Sarita does not like the stream of military men who visit her home. She is angry about her sons being in the war and can barely stand to speak to Ward because she blames...