How would you interpret the word ‘it’ in the phrase ‘I soon forgot it’? How would you interpret the word ‘it’ in the phrase ‘I soon forgot it’ in the last sentence ‘then the ridiculousness of carrying a pistol at all came over me and I soon forgot it and carried it flopping against the small of my back with no feeling…’? Does it refer to the feeling of ridiculousness? Or does it refer to the pistol? Thanks. It’s from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Chapter Six).the context: Also we were required to wear an automatic pistol; even doctors and sanitary officers. I felt it against the back of the chair. You were liable to arrest if you did not have one worn in plain sight. Rinaldi carried a holster stuffed with toilet paper. I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it. It was an Astra 7.65 caliber with a short barrel and it jumped so sharply when you let it off that there was no question of hitting anything. I practised with it, holding below the target and trying to master the jerk of the ridiculous short barrel until I could hit within a yard of where I aimed at twenty paces and then the ridiculousness of carrying a pistol at all came over me and I soon forgot it and carried it flopping against the small of my back with no feeling at all except a vague sort of shame when I met English-speaking people.