That Devil's Madness by Dominique Wilson

Author:Dominique Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780994395702
Publisher: Transit Lounge

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When Louis came out of the anaesthetic he felt for his leg. It was still there. The wound had been drained and cleaned, and would heal, but the bone was now shorter – he would walk with a limp. But that didn’t bother him, for he felt reborn. That night, for the first time in many months, he slept without dreaming.

He took interest in the goings on of the ward, and read the newspapers, becoming more and more appalled with the propaganda written there. When he read in the Petit Journal that some of the ‘accommodation at Verdun was fairly comfortable’, and included central heating and electricity, he threw down the paper in disgust and cursed all journalists. He waited for the day they would remove the splint and he could get up and walk again.

When that morning finally arrived, it turned into an unimpressive event. He put his good leg to the floor, and with the help of a cane rose from the edge of the bed. Took a step forward. The room spun. Darkened. He fainted.

He tried again that afternoon, and everyday walked a little further. He had a pronounced limp, and couldn’t manage without a cane, but at least he still had both his legs. More worrying to him was the constant shortness of breath brought on by the slightest exertion, but the doctors weren’t worried – after all, he’d been lying in bed for months so it was to be expected, and would improve in time. Meanwhile, his soldiering days were over – after two years of fighting, he was finally going home.

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