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This morning they would cross the mountain peakEverything and everybody had tried to hold him back but there could be nothing left now, no obstacle at all The platoon climbed the slope, crossed another ridge, and descended over a stretch of scattered rocks into one more tiny valleyCroft led them through a small rock gorge [...]

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And he leaves her on the bed, and walks over to the window, staring at the drab parchment of the shadeHe is trembling, partially from cold She comes up beside him, nuzzling her body against his to warm himThe caress is tentative, uncertain, and it offends himHe feels her maternalnessGo away, I don’t want aa [...]

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Minetta wolfed down the rubbery remains of the scrambled powdered eggs, and drank a little of the lukewarm coffee still remaining in a ten-gallon boilerThe chlorine in it was very strong, and he made a wry faceMight as well drink iodine, he thought He clapped the cook on the back”Thanks, bud,” he said, “I wish [...]

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If we had a decent program we could get her in, and have some decent training in the methodOh, lovely, let’s do Chekhov A slim youth with horn-rimmed glasses is on his feet, demanding to be heardIf we’re going to shed the chrysalis, then I demand, I just demand that we do The Ascent of [...]

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Beneath the surface of his thoughts he had known, he realized now, that the General would protect him, and an old confused emotion caught him again, resentment and yet something else, something not so genuine Conn, Dalleson and Hobart were glaring at him, a trio of ferocious marionettesHe brought his spoon up, champed at the [...]

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“Hello, Edgar,” she said cautiously”How are you?” “I’mI’ve been talking with my friend WiremanHe showed me the invitation the two of you worked up The two of you worked up That sounded unfriendlyBut what other way was there to put it? “Yes?” Her voice was impossible to read I drew in a breath and jumpedGod [...]

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Goldstein shook his head abruptly”We have to carry him back,” he saidHe could not have explained why, but he had remembered abruptly the moment when the gun slid down the embankment Brown stared again at Stanley”We can’t go on and leave him here Ridges was disgusted”If y’ start a job, then y’ finish itWe ain’t [...]

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The man who had combat fatigue screamed again, and Minetta sat up shudderingI gotta get some sleep, I can’t take thisHe began to shout out”There’s the Jap, I see him, I see him, I’m going to kill him!” He got off his cot and began to wander about the dirt floor of the tentThe earth [...]

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Not a damn thing wrongWHIP!) You’re all fuggin whores, he thinks His ancestors pushed and labored and strained, drove their oxen, sweated their women, and moved a thousand miles He pushed and labored inside himself and smoldered with an endless hatred (You’re all a bunch of fuggin whores) (You’re all a bunch of dogs) (You’re [...]

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“Big ole blind woodchuck,” Noveen said”Same thing as Charley, reallyShe got Libbit to draw it in the breadbox, and it was in the breadboxLibbit ‘us sorry, but the bad water-woman? Nuh-uh “And Elizabeth – Libbit – had to draw,” I said “Didn’t she?” “You know dat,” Noveen saidBecause the gift is hungry 998 viii Once [...]

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