How would you interpret the pronoun ‘it’ in the last sentence? How would you interpret the pronoun ‘it’ in the last sentence ‘it will all go much faster’? Does it refer to the whole procedure including cleaning the wounds, putting on a dressing, doing the papers and then being taking away from the dressing station? Or does it only refer to doing the papers? Thanks. It’s from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (Chapter 9). the context: "Come, come," the tall Englishman said. "Don't be a bloody hero." Then in Italian: "Lift him very carefully about the legs. His legs are very painful. He is the legitimate son of President Wilson." They picked me up and took me into the dressing room. Inside they were operating on all the tables. The little major looked at us furious. He recognized me and waved a forceps. "Ca va bien?" "Ca va.""I have brought him in," the tall Englishman said in Italian. "The only son of the American Ambassador. He can be here until you are ready to take him. Then I will take him with my first load." He bent over me. "I'll look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster."