E.Hemingway
They love
one another, but Brett refuses to have a romantic relationship because Jake cannot have sex. Brett laments
their fate, saying that she is now paying for all the "hell" she has made men endure. Jake disingenuously
remarks that he finds his war wound funny and rarely thinks about it. As they head to a café to drink, Brett
asks Jake to kiss her once more before they arrive. At the café, Jake and Brett again run into their friends. A
man called Zizi introduces them to Count Mippipopolous, a Greek man who takes an immediate interest in
Brett. Jake and Brett make an appointment to meet the next day, and Jake leaves to return home for the
night.
Jake arrives at home, takes his mail from the concierge, and goes to his room. When he gets into bed, he
begins to think about his wound. He received it while flying a mission on a "joke front" in Italy. Other people
make more of a fuss out of it than he does