Especially given that it's clear that both men are psychological/emotional casualties of war. The Sergeant-Major hasn't adjusted to civilian life, and is obsessive and violent, while the young officer is also in difficulties, as per this exchange with the heroine, when she asks him about his war experience: Helen: Was it very bad? [Hugh doesn't answer; his expression is hard to read in the darkness of the car] Helen: Well, you're back now. Hugh: Am I? Sometimes I wonder…
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Date: 2009-03-19 07:07 pm (UTC)Helen: Was it very bad?
[Hugh doesn't answer; his expression is hard to read in the darkness of the car]
Helen: Well, you're back now.
Hugh: Am I? Sometimes I wonder…