Brent has finally received some mail from home and writes that they must not take the war so seriously, since the full weight of it is too much for anyone to bear. He lives in comfort in France and is never in any real danger and often feels ashamed of it. He came here to do important work and is never near the Boche and will never be decorated like the men who go over the top and return with 18 prisoners. He looks forward to becoming a pacifist when the war is over and his work is done, since he has been in two wars and two near-wars. This is his second day of having the flu but he is already doing much better. He closes the letter by advising his father to take it easy and flirt with the mothers of the colonels who are overseas.
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