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Memories before the events of the story
Harry travels around Europe. Assisted a deserter. Engaged in hunting and skiing. Hearing about acts of war -
Memories (Part 2)
Engages in prostitutes in Constantinople. Broke things off with a woman in Paris. Fights British soldier over Turkish prostitute. Leaves Constantinople for Anatolia. -
Memories (Final)
Harry's grandfather's house burned down. Memories of fishing in the Black Forest. Turned in a boy to the sheriff after the boy protects his property. (Still waiting on that "Perfect Story" -
Before the story begins (not in memory sequence)
Harry decided to make his living on marrying well-off women while he prepares for his writing career to take off. He marries Helen, whom accepted the proposal knowing that it would stop pursuers from chasing her and would also give her a "Trophy Husband" -
Safari Trip
Harry and Helen decide to go on a Safari Trip (implied by Helen to be mostly Harry's idea). -
Harry contracts Gangrene
Harry cuts himself on a thorny bush while trying to get a picture of a waterbuck and uses different antiseptic (Iodine ran out) at a later time than as soon as the cut happened. This paralyzed his leg muscles and encouraged the onset of gangrene (2 weeks before the story began but not before memories) -
Harry arguing with Helen
Harry is quite mean to Helen due to his predicament. He rebukes her offers to read to him or talk to him and instead insists on having a Whiskey and Soda. His wife does not wish him to drink and this only provokes more anger from Harry -
Helen returns from shooting expedition (Harry's thoughts of her)
Harry falls asleep and when he wakes, he finds that Helen went to find game for them. Harry thinks of how she is indeed thoughtful and that it isn't her fault at all that his career as a writer didn't take off. -
Harry and Helen make up
They drink cocktails and eat dinner together as they reconcile. -
Harry trying to beat the fear of Death
Harry's mind begins to wander and race. He thinks, once again, that he would rather be in someone else's company than his wife. He reflects on a memory of a dying soldier that he shared his morphine tablets with and remarks that he has no pain to worry about himself. -
Presence of Death
Harry, unable to speak, feels the overwhelming presence of Death. He has a dream (or death throe) of being rescued by plane the following morning but his wife Helen finds him unresponsive.