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The platoon had long ceased to question any direction he took; they knew he would be right as infallibly as sun after darkness or fatigue after a long marchThey never even thought about it any more Croft himself did not know the reasonHe would never have been able to explain what prompted him when he [...]

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Almost with fascination, Hearn watched Croft working on his trench knifeHe brooded over it, his cold gaunt face examining his hands as he drew the blade back and forth against the stoneThere was something frozen about him, something congealed in the set of his tight mouth, the concentration of his eyesCroft was tough, all right, [...]

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Almost with fascination, Hearn watched Croft working on his trench knifeHe brooded over it, his cold gaunt face examining his hands as he drew the blade back and forth against the stoneThere was something frozen about him, something congealed in the set of his tight mouth, the concentration of his eyesCroft was tough, all right, [...]

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I brought back the supplies you indicated Then it was Hearn who had soiled his floorCummings walked over to the match and cigarette butt, picked them up with intense distaste and dropped them in a wastebasketThere was a little black ash left, which he scattered with his footDespite himself he felt obliged to keep sniffing [...]

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There’s no easy way to get ahead; a man’s got to pull his share, take his responsibilities, and then he gets what he earnsI’ve had my eye on Roth from the beginningHe’s no good, he’s lazy, he’s shiftless, and he don’t take an interest in anythingI hate these fathers who bitch because they finally got [...]

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It was the old sound, a man trying to get under cover before a storm”All I ever done my whole life was get a wet ass,” he muttered “You know,” Wilson said, “ol’ Stanley is really feelin’ his piss now that he’s in for corporalAh heard him tellin’ one of the replacements all about the [...]

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“I’ll bet you anything that there’s a ha-ha,” he said”We repeat what we learn as children He brushed away the dead wasps with his boot – they made a whispery, papery sound – and then knelt at the foot of the stairsHe examined the first stair riser, then the second, then the third 978 When [...]

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I stopped, my breath caught in my throat Compared with many of the others I’d gone through, this one was dead simple, just the silhouette of a ship against the dying light, caught at the tipping-point between day and dark, but its simplicity was what gave it its powerCertainly I’d thought so when I drew [...]

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They pointed their carbines out the open sides of the jeep, scanning the jungleWith the lights on, the foliage was silvery, more mysterious Lieutenant Hearn fingered the magazine on his carbine, removed it, clicked it into position again, holding the small rifle in his large hands, the muzzle pointed toward the jungleHe was in a [...]

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“We’re gonna have to live there The morning had a raw expectant quality about it, and he drew a breath, and squatted on his heels Gallagher began to curse”How fuggin long we got to wait up here?” “Hold your water,” Croft told him”Half the commo platoon is coming with us, and they ain’t even up [...]

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