A Son at the Front Chapter VII

In which a father and son navigate the uneasy twilight of peace abruptly darkened by the imminent shadow of war, their conversations mingling the intellectual and the tender as they confront the impossible prospect of separation. Amidst social gatherings alive with youthful debate and silent crowds restless under electric lights, the quiet gravity of farewell and the unknown depths of a young man’s life press gently upon the observant father’s heart.