Part 2, Chapter 6, The Banner of the Red Cross Summary

By the time Marcelo returns to his castle from the village, he finds more cars and men on his property. The castle is now to be turned into a hospital for the Germans wounded in the battle taking place on the other side of the river. The dead are removed from the house and buried in the garden, along with body parts that have been amputated in surgery. A phone line is strung up outside the castle and it rings almost constantly. Marcelo is desperate for food and tries to convince the officers running the hospital of his needs, but they will not listen. Finally Marcelo sees a sergeant out in the garden eating a sausage on a piece of bread. Marcelo offers the sergeant a gold coin in...