The Things They Carried

What did Lt. Cross pretend?

it was in the beginning of the book

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He would imagine romantic camping trips into the White Mountains in New Hampshire. He would sometimes taste the envelope flaps, knowing her tongue had been there. More than anything, he wanted Martha to love him as he loved her, but the letters were mostly chatty, elusive on the matter of love.

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The Things They Carried