 How does the war affect the protagonist’s relationship with his wife?
Images began to appear, drawn from inexhaustible files, wherein are kept all thoughts, past, present, and future.... World War III had been declared, and he had enlisted, receiving his old rank of captain. When he opened it, he found a picture of her in one side, and in the other a picture of the children. Then he kissed her, and instantly was drawn down into the abyss which seemed to have no beginning or any end. Three days later they had landed in Spain, merged with another division, then crossed the Pyrenees into France, and finally to Paris where the fighting had begun. The Russians had not yet used the H-bomb; the threat of annihilation by the retaliation forces had been too great.
 She is transformed into a monster, striking fear in the protagonist.
 She waits at home like they planned, greeting them lovingly.  She is transformed into a monster, striking fear in the protagonist.  She is killed during the war, her body nowhere to be found.  She patiently waits for him at home.