A Farewell To Arms Book 4 Summary

He knows that frederic jumped off the train.

A farewell to arms book 4 summary. Book 4 chapter 33 summary. He goes out to inspect the ambulances over which he has command. Later that morning catherine goes to see helen and henry goes fishing with emilio. Henry and catherine eat lunch with helen ferguson.

Henry gets off the train in milan and goes into a wine shop for some coffee and bread. Emilio offers to lend henry his boat at any time. The proprietor offers to shelter him if he is in trouble. They talk briefly about his leave and then fred wanders off.

One of the mechanics explains that the battery will never be hit because it is sheltered by a hill. A farewell to arms summary and analysis of book four chapters xxxiii xli. Henry thanks him but rejects the offer. Summary plot overview lieutenant frederic henry is a young american ambulance driver serving in the italian army during world war i.

During the massive retreat they are stuck in the stalled column and try to take a shortcut but they end up stuck in the mud. The next morning fred wakes to guns firing from the battery. At the beginning of the novel the war is winding down with the onset of winter and henry arranges to tour italy. Frederic is in charge of bringing three ambulances with hospital supplies and three drivers aymo bonello and piani to pordenone a town on the tagliamento river.

Count greffi a ninety four year old nobleman whom henry befriends on an earlier trip to stresa is also at the hotel with his niece.