The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.
In spite of the use of the pathetic fallacy, which imbues the cold, an abstraction if ever there was one, with the quality of reluctant retreat, the author had a nice eye for the use of the comma. Not bad writing for a kid. Not a bad beginning at all for one of the better stories of war. Crane. Stephen Crane. I'll put in some more time with him. The man who feeds me seems to have a few of his things on hand.
I know what you're thinking. A few days of decent meals and already Epstein is a critic. The truth is, Epstein is a critic even when hungry. Epstein loves argument for its own sake. Go figure.
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