He went so far as to say that the Frenchman married
her for her money and he hoped the Germans would make a widow of
her again before it was too late. According to this chap, Thane had
also been in Paris since the beginning of the war. He spent money
like a drunken sailor and touched nothing but the high spots. The
second or third time he met him, Thane said he would like to get
into the Ambulance. His mother, however, was bitterly opposed to
his joining up. The last time he saw him, he had on an Ambulance
uniform and was as drunk as a lord in one of the cafes. My friend
had it straight from fellows out at Neuilly that Thane hadn't worn
the uniform a week before it was taken away from him and he was
kicked out of the service in disgrace.
One of the other chaps has written me, saying that he was at the
base hospital when Thane was stripped of his uniform. He was not a
witness to this, but he heard other fellows and the nurses talking
about it. Not only was his uniform taken away, but he was ordered
to get out of Paris at once. They heard afterward that he went
to Madrid with his mother. He was never at Pont-a-Mousson. It is
obvious that he was not in the Vosges sector, in view of the fact
that he lasted less than a week in the Ambulance, and did a vast
amount of carousing in a uniform that I revere.
It is up to you, Alix. The records of the American Ambulance are
available.
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