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Gallagher had disturbed him, and he thought consciously of his own death for a momentThat’s a damn fool thing to kick around in your head, he said to himselfBut he could not shake it immediatelyCroft always saw order in deathWhenever a man in the platoon or company had been killed he would feel a grim [...]

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Have a good time, Eddie dear? Her voice has a new trill in it now, a new warmth when they they are alone When I was a little girl, I always used to dream I’d have a little boy and I’d go out with him and paint, just like thisCome on, I’ll teach you a [...]

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Hearn looked at Cummings, his eyes expressionless, and then stooped down for the overlay “Does it hurt, sir?” His voice was flatly solicitous “It’s all right, thank you In the tent, the heat had become even more oppressiveCummings felt a little faint”After you get the map fixed, will you take care of that movement, Major,” [...]

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“You’re havin’ a nightmare, boy,” he whispered Gallagher was silent, and Wilson decided to say something about it to Croft the next day, but in the morning Gallagher was solemn and quiet and he worked very hard on the roadWilson kept his mouth shut A day or two later the platoon was sent down to [...]

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Polack stood up with a grimaceIf that lieutenant had anything but rocks in his head, he decided, he’d go back to the beach, and let us toast marshmallows until the boat comesBut all he said was, “I been needing a little exercise The river remained shallow and unobstructed for another few hundred yardsAs they walked, [...]

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He might as well try itHearn could be sent out If he were ever successful with thisFor an instant he allowed himself to dwell on the kudos such a victory would be worthHe turned out the lantern and rested on his cot, looking again into the darknessSomewhere in the distance artillery was firing He knew [...]

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He makes himself say, Yeah, but Whitey’s on the payroll, I done as much work as himNow, listen, Roy, listen, don’t let anyone hear ya talkin’ like that, Jesus, they’ll be thinkin’ you’re a sorehead, you built up a name heah for yourself, you don’t want to be takin’ chances with it One night he [...]

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They had continued for the last two hours only through their fear of being left behind; their nerves had charged them temporarily with a spurious energy, and now that they had halted they felt too weak, their fingers were too numb, to undo the buckles on their packs and withdraw their blankets for the night [...]

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Good-bye, and he goes, plummets into the monastery and becomes lost in the routine of the school, in polishing his buttons and making his bed There are changes in himHe has never been friendly with other boys, but now he is cold rather than shyThe water colors, the books like Little Lord Fauntleroy and Ivanhoe [...]

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That didn’t affect you, that didn’t touch your safetyIf Wilson was gone, his turn was next”Listen, that big sonofabitch had to stop a bullet sometimeHow the hell can you miss him?” “Only it happened so suddenly”When it’s your turn I’ll send you a telegram “You shouldn’t say that even in kidding Red shuddered unaccountablyThe moon [...]

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