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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    2:51 am
    @@@@@“I’m going to change
    @@@@@“I’m going to change clothes
    “What?”
    Bourne turned partially in the plastic shell of the pay phone and glanced around the gas station
    He saw what he hoped for, a men’s room in the side of the building“You said that Swayne lives
    on a large farm west of Manassas—”
    “Correction,” interrupted Alex“He calls it a farm; his neighbors and the tax rolls call it a
    twenty-eight-acre estateNot bad for a career soldier from a lower-middle-class family in Nebraska
    who married a hairdresser in Hawaii thirty years ago, and supposedly bought his manse ten years
    ago on the strength of a very sizable inheritance from an untraceable benefactor, an obscure
    wealthy uncle I couldn’t findThat’s what made me curiousSwayne headed up the Quartermaster
    Corps in Saigon and supplied MedusaWhat’s his place got to do with your changing clothes?”
    “I want to look aroundI’ll get there while it’s light to see what it’s like from the road, then
    when it’s dark I’ll pay him a surprise visit
    “That’ll be effective, but why the looking around?”
    “I like farmsThey’re so spread out and extended and I can’t imagine why a professional soldier
    who knows that he can be transferred anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice would saddle
    himself with such a large investment
    “The same as my reasoning except I was concerned about the how, not the whyYour approach
    may be more interestingHe may have alarms and dogs, things like that
    “I’m prepared,” said Jason Bourne“I did some shopping after I left Georgetown
    The summer sun was low in the western sky as he slowed down the rental car and lowered the
    visor to keep from being blinded by the yellow globe of fireSoon it would drop behind the
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    79
    Shenandoah mountains, twilight descending, prelude to darknessAnd it was the darkness that
    Jason Bourne craved; it was his friend and ally, the blackness in which he moved swiftly, with sure
    feet and alert hands and arms that served as sensors against all the impediments of natureThe
    jungles had welcomed him in the past, knowing that although he was an intruder he respected them
    and used them as a part of himHe did not fear the jungles, he embraced them, for they protected
    him and allowed him passage to accomplish whatever his objective was; he was at one with the
    jungles—as he would have to be with the dense woods that flanked the estate of General Norman
    Swayne
    The main house was set back no less than the distance of two football fields from the country
    roadA stockade fence separated the entrance on the right from the exit on the left, both with iron
    gates, fronting a deep drive that was basically an elongated U-turnImmediately bordering each
    opening was a profusion of tall trees and shrubbery that was in itself a natural extension of the
    stockade fence both left and righ
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    2:51 am
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    "Do you, my angel? Might I hope that-"
    "I don't think so, Charles
    Don't look so desperatedon't think so with
    anybody
    The sandwiches in Scarlett's room lowly curled up their edges during
    the night"It's so good to be home! I'm afraid I'm replica gucci an awful kind of
    person, harrietWhen I'm away I always get an itch to be home, no
    matter how much fun I'm havingBut I'll bet you I start thinking
    about the next party I've accepted before this week's out
    Tell me all about what happened while I was goneDid Cat pester
    Billy
    half to death?"
    "Not too hermes bag muchThey've invented a new game they call 'sink the
    Vikings I don't know where the name comes fromCat said you
    could
    explain, she only remembered enough to make up the nameThey've
    put a
    rope ladder on the towerBilly hauls rocks up it, then they throw
    them through the slits into the river
    She's been nagging me about chanel purses getting up in the tower for agesAnd I
    notice she's got Billy doing the heavy workBefore she's even four
    years oldShe's going to be a terror by the time she's sixYou'll
    have to beat her with a stick to make her learn her lettersShe's already curious about the animal alphabet in her
    room Scarlett smiled at the omega quartz implied suggestion that her daughter
    was
    probably a near-geniusShe was willing to believe that Cat could do
    everything earlier and better than any child in the history of
    mankind
    "Will you tell me about the house party, Scarlett?"
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    2:52 am
    @@@@@ “Here, give me those,” Ian said, pulling
    @@@@@
    “Here, give me those,” Ian said, pulling the bin of dishes from me before I could respond
    “They weren't too heavy for me,” I told him“I feel silly standing here with my arms empty while you lug these around
    Chalk it up to gallantryC'mon–let's go relax somewhere out of the way until the coast is clear
    His words troubled me, and I followed him in silenceWhy should gallantry apply to me?
    He walked all the way to the cornfield, and then into the cornfield, stepping in the low part of
    the furrow, between the stalksI trailed behind him until he stopped, somewhere in the middle
    of the field, set the dishes aside, and sprawled out on the dirt
    “Well, this is out of the way,” I said as I settled to the ground beside him, crossing my legs
    “But shouldn't we be working?”
    “You work too hard, WandaYou're the only one who never takes a day off
    “It gives me something to do,” I mumbled
    “Everyone is taking a break today, so you might as well
    I looked at him curiouslyThe light from the mirrors threw double shadows through the
    cornstalks that crisscrossed over him like zebra stripesUnder the lines and the dirt, his pale face
    was weary
    “You look like you've been working“But I'm resting now
    “Jamie won't tell me what's going on,” I murmured“It's nothing you want to know anyway
    I stared at the ground, at the dark purple and brown dirt, as my stomach twisted and rolledI
    could think of nothing worse than not knowing, but maybe I was just lacking in imagination
    “It's not really fair,” Ian said after a silent moment, “seeing as I won't answer your question, but
    do you mind if I ask you one?”
    I welcomed the distraction
    He didn't speak at once, so I looked up to find the reason for his hesitationHe was staring
    down now, looking at the dirt streaked across the backs of his h
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    2:51 am
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    The night had come and with it a potential disasterIn the jeep motoring forward slowly through the darkness, Cummings had a sensation of being suspended in airThe steady drone of the motor, the silence of replica rolex submariner everyone in the vehicle, and the heavy wet rustling of the jungle seemed to strip him of everything but the quick absorbed functioning of his mindAlone, settled by himself somewhere in space, he had to work this outThe storm had come with amazing rapidity, following in the wake of a Japanese attackTen minutes before the rain had begun, he had had a message from 2nd Battalion headquarters that a heavy fire fight had started before their linesAnd ladies omega constellation then the telephone lines had been cut to pieces in the storm, his headquarters had been laid flat, and the radio would not functionHe had no idea of what was happening at the frontBy now Hutchins might have pulled back 2nd BattalionThe Japs, driven on with a kind of frenzy generated by the gale, could conceivably have penetrated his front line in any number of placesWith no orders coming through to them, Lord knew what might happenIf only gucci messenger bag headquarters battery had its line open to the front
    At least he had moved a dozen tanks up two days ago to 2nd BattalionThey would never have been able to make it on the road tonight, nor, for that matter, could they advance now, but if necessary, a defense position could be organized around them tonightWhat chaos there could beThe entire line might be a series of isolated hedgehogs by tomorrowAnd there was nothing he could do until he got to a telephone dolce sale
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    2:51 am
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    She would hesitate, she would tease, she would condition, she would
    require a great deal, but she would finally accept
    This was Fanny’s most frequent expectationA house in town—
    that, she thought, must be impossibleYet there was no saying what
    Miss Crawford might not askThe prospect for her cousin grew
    worse and worseThe woman who could speak of him, and speak
    only of his appearance! What an unworthy attachment! To be deriving
    support from the commendations of MrsFraser! She who had
    known him intimately half a year! Fanny was ashamed of herThose
    parts of the letter omega de ville which related only to MrCrawford and herself,
    touched her, in comparison, slightlyCrawford went
    into Norfolk before or after the 14th was certainly no concern of
    hers, though, everything considered, she thought he would go without
    delayThat Miss Crawford should endeavour to secure a meeting
    between him and MrsRushworth, was all in her worst line of
    conduct, and grossly unkind and ill-judged; but she hoped he would
    not be actuated by any such degrading curiosityHe acknowledged
    no such inducement, and his sister ought to have given him credit
    for better feelings than her own
    She was yet more impatient for another letter from tiffany price town after
    receiving this than she had been before; and for a few days was so
    366
    Mansfield Park
    unsettled by it altogether, by what had come, and what might come,
    that her usual readings and conversation with Susan were much
    suspendedShe could not command her attention as she wishedCrawford remembered her message to her cousin, she thought
    it very likely, most likely, that he would write to her at all events; it
    would be most consistent with his usual kindness; and till she got
    rid of this idea, till it gradually wore off, by no letters appearing in
    the course of three or four days more, she was in a most restless,
    anxious Prada Purse state
    At length, a something like composure succeededSuspense must
    be submitted to, and must not be allowed to wear her out, and
    make her uselessTime did something, her own exertions something
    more, and she resumed her attentions to Susan, and again
    awakened the same interest in them
    Susan was growing very fond of her, and though without any of
    the early delight in books which had been so strong in Fanny, with
    a disposition much less inclined to sedentary pursuits, or to information
    for information’s sake, she had so strong a desire of not appearing
    ignorant, as, with a good clear understanding, made her a
    most attentive, chanel white j12 watch profitable, thankful pupil
    Fanny’s explanations and remarks were a most important addition
    to every essay, or every chapter of historyWhat Fanny told her of
    former times dwelt more on her mind than the pages of Goldsmith;
    and she paid her sister the compliment of preferring her style to
    that of any printed authorThe early habit of reading was wanting
    Their conversations, however, were not always on subjects so high
    as history or moralsOthers had their hour; and of lesser matters,
    none returned so often, or remained so long between them, as
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    2:51 am
    @@@@@“It was Cactus, wasn’t it?” “I just came in
    @@@@@“It was Cactus, wasn’t it?”
    “I just came in to ask you if you wanted me to close the gates,” said Jax, bypassing the question
    “Would you be offended if I told you that I didn’t think of him until I saw you just now?”
    “Certain associations are fairly obviousThe gates, please?”
    “Do you owe Cactus as much as I do, Doctor?” Jason held his place, looking at the Jamaican
    “I owe him so much that I could never think of compromising him in a situation like tonightFor
    God’s sake, he’s an old man, and no matter what deviant conclusions Langley wants to come up
    with, tonight was murder, a particularly brutal killingNo, I wouldn’t involve himHe’d never forgive me if I didn’t
    “You don’t think much of yourself, do you?”
    “Please close the gates, DoctorThere’s an alarm panel in the hallway I can activate when
    they’re shut
    Jax hesitated, as if unsure of what he wanted to say“Listen,” he began haltingly, “most sane
    people have reasons for saying things—doing thingsMy guess is you’re saneCall Alex if you
    need me—if old Cactus needs me The doctor left, rushing out the door
    Bourne turned and glanced around the roomSince Flannagan and Rachel Swayne had left
    nearly three hours ago, he had searched every foot of the general’s study, as well as the dead
    soldier’s separate bedroom on the second floorHe had placed the items he intended to take on the
    brass coffee table; he studied them nowThere were three brown leather-bound covers, each equal
    in size, each holding inserted spiral-bound pages; they were a desk setThe first was an
    appointments calendar; the second, a personal telephone book in which the names and numbers
    were entered in ink; the last was an expense diary, barely touchedAlong with these were eleven
    office messages of the telephone notepad variety, which Jason found in Swayne’s pockets, a golfclub
    scorecard and several memoranda written at the PentagonFinally, there was the general’s
    wallet containing a profusion of impressive credentials and very little moneyBourne would turn
    everything over to Alex and hope further leads would be found, but as far as he could determine, he
    had turned up nothing startling, nothing dramatically relevant to the modern MedusaAnd that
    bothered him; there had to be somethingThis was the old soldier’s home, his sanctum sanctorum
    inside that home—something! He knew it, he felt it, but he could not find itSo he started again,
    not foot by foot now; instead, inch by
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    2:51 am
    @@@@@ You should have shut me up "Watch out or
    @@@@@
    You should have shut me up
    "Watch out or you'll make me jealousYou act like you're falling in
    love with my daughter Fenton raised hiseyebrows"Love is for
    shopkeepers and penny romancesI'm interested in her he stood
    and
    bowed, lifted Scarlett's hand from her lap and brushed it with a light
    kiss"I leave for London in the morning, so I'll take leave of you
    now Scarlett stood up, close to him"I'll miss our races," she
    said, meaning every word"Will you be back soon?"
    "I'll call on you and Cat when I return Well! thought Scarlett
    after he was gonehe didn't even try to kiss me goodbyeShe didn't
    know whether it was a compliment or an insulthe must regret the
    way
    he acted when he kissed me before, she decidedI guess he lost
    control of himselfAnd he sure is scared of the word "love She
    concluded that Luke showed all the symptoms ( a man who was falling
    in
    love against hiswillHe'd be a wonderful father
    for CaScarlett touched her bruised lips carefully, with the tip of a
    fingerAnd he was a very exciting manLuke was very much on
    Scarlett's mind during the following weeksShe was restless, and on
    bright mornings she raced alone over the routes they'd followed
    togetherWhen she and Cat decorated the tree, she remembered the
    pleasure of dressing up for dinner the night he first came to
    BallyharaAnd when she pulled the wishbone of the Christmas goose
    with Cat, she wished that he would return from London s
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    2:51 am
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    “So you don't know what they use to cure diseases, then?” Geoffrey pressed“What's in their
    medications?”
    I shook my head“I'm sorry, I don'tIt wasn't something I was interested in, back when I had
    access to the informationI'm afraid I took it for grantedGood health is simply a given on every
    planet I've lived on
    Geoffrey's red cheeks watches gucci flushed brighter than usualHe looked down, an angry set to his mouth
    What had I said to offend him?
    Heath, sitting beside Geoffrey, patted his armThere was a pregnant silence in the room
    “Uh–about the Vultures…” Ian said–the words were forced, a deliberate subject change“I
    don't know if I missed this part sometime, but I don't remember you ever tiffany diamond explaining about them
    being 'unkind'… ?”
    It wasn't something Ihad explained, but I was pretty sure he wasn't really that interested–this
    was just the first question he'd been able to think of
    My informal class ended earlier than usualThe questions were slow, and most of them supplied
    by Jamie and IanGeoffrey's questions had left everyone gucci hobo horsebit else preoccupied
    “Well, we've got an early one tomorrow, tearing down the stalks…” Jeb mused after yet
    another awkward silence, making the words a dismissalPeople rose to their feet and stretched,
    talking in low voices that weren't casual enough
    “What did I say?” I whispered to IanThey've got mortality on their minds
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    “Where's Walter?” I demanded, still whispering“He's in the south wingHe's… not doing well
    “Why didn't anyone tell me?”
    “Things have been… difficult for you lately, so…”
    I shook my head impatiently at that consideration“What's wrong with him?”
    Jamie was there beside me now; he took my purse logo han
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    2:51 am
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    Red debated whether to light a cigaretteHe and Croft had hardly spoken to each other since their quarrel on the beach, and he was tempted to defy himActually he knew he wouldn't, and he tried to decide whether the real reason was that it was a bad idea to show a light louis vuitton multicolore or because he was afraid of CroftFug it, I'll stand up to that sonofabitch when the time comes, Red told himself, but I'll damn sure be right when I do
    They had begun to move once moreAfter a few minutes they heard a few low voices on the road, and their truck turned off and wallowed through a muddy laneIt was very narrow and a branch from a tree swept new cartier along the top of the truck"Watch it!" someone shouted, and they all flattened themselvesRed pulled some leaves out of his shirt and pricked his finger on a thornHe wiped the blood on the back of his pants and began searching for his pack, which he had thrown off when he first got into the truckHis legs were stiff and he tried to flex them
    "Don't dismount chanel bag price till you're told," Croft said
    The trucks came to a halt, and they listened to the few men circling around them in the darknessEverything was terribly quietThey sat there, speaking in whispersAn officer rapped on the tail gate and said, "All right, men, dismount and stick together They began to jump out of the truck, moving slowly and uncertainlyIt was a gucci replica five-foot drop into darkness and they didn't know what the ground was like beneath them"Drop the tail gate," someone said, and the officer snapped, "All right, men, let's keep it quiet
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    2:51 am
    @@@@@ She was as silent as Will on the long drive
    @@@@@ She was as silent as Will on the long drive to Tara,
    drinking in the remembered quiet of the countryside, refreshing herself
    with it
    The air was new-washed, and the afternoon sun was warm on her
    shouldersShe'd been right to come homeTara would give her the
    sanctuary she needed, and with Mammy she'd be able to find a way to
    repair her ruined worldShe leaned forward as they turned onto the
    familiar drive, smiling in anticipationBut when the house came in
    sight, she let out a cry of despair"Will, what happened?" The front
    of Tara was covered by vines, ugly cords hung with dead leaves; four
    windows had sagging shutters, two had no shutters at all"Nothing
    happened except summer, ScarlettI do the fixing up for the house in
    winter when there's no crops to tendI'll be starting on those
    shutters in a few more weeksIt's not October yet
    "Oh, Will, why on earth won't you let me give you some money?
    You could hire some helpWhy, you can see the brick through the
    whitewashIt looks downright trashy Will's reply was patient
    "There's no help to be had for love nor moneyThose that wants work
    has plenty of it, and those that don't wouldn't do me no good
    We make out all right, Big Sam and meYour money ain't needed
    Scarlett bit her lip and swallowed the words she wanted to sayShe
    had run up against Will's pride often before, and she knew that he was
    unbendableHe was right that the crops and the stock had to come
    firstTheir demands couldn't be put off; a fresh coat of whitewash
    couldShe could see the fields now, stretching out behind the
    house
    They were weedless, newly harrowed, and there was a faint, rich smell
    of the manure tilled in to prepare them for the next planti
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    2:52 am
    @@@@@“Are you well?” “Far better for your
    @@@@@“Are you well?”
    “Far better for your generosity, monseigneur
    “That pleases me, but I must be pleased more than that, as you knowWhat happened in
    Anderlecht? What does my beloved and well-endowed army tell me? Who has presumed?”
    “We have dispersed and worked for the past eight hours, monseigneurAs near as we can
    determine, two men flew over from the United States—it is assumed so, for they spoke only
    American English—and took a room in a pension de famille across the street from the restaurant
    They left the premises within minutes after the assault
    “A frequency-detonated explosive!”
    “Apparently, monseigneurWe have learned nothing else
    “But why? Why?”
    “We cannot see into men’s minds, monseigneur
    Across the Atlantic Ocean, in an opulent apartment in Brooklyn Heights with the lights of the
    East River and the Brooklyn Bridge seductively pulsating beyond the windows, a capo supremo
    lounged in an overstuffed couch, a glass of Perrier in his handHe spoke to his friend sitting across
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    207
    from him in an armchair, drinking a gin and tonicThe young man was slender, dark-haired and
    striking
    “You know, Frankie, I’m not just bright, I’m brilliant, you know what I mean? I pick up on
    nuances—that’s hints of what could be important and what couldn’t—and I got a hell of senseI
    hear a spook paisan talk about things and I put four and four together and instead of eight, I get
    twelveBingo! It’s the answerThere’s this cat who calls himself ‘Bourne,’ a creep who makes like
    he’s a major hit man but who isn’t—he’s a lousy esca, bait to pull in someone else, but he’s the hot
    cannoli we want, see? Then the Jew shrink, being very under the weather, spits out everything I
    needThis cannoli’s got only half a head, a testa balzana, a lot of the time he don’t know who he is,
    or maybe what he does, right?”
    “That’s right, Lou
    “And there this Bourne is in Paris, France, a couple of blocks away from a real big impediment,
    a fancy general the quiet boys across the river want taken out, like the two fatsoes already planted
    Capisce?”
    “I capisco, Lou,” said the clean-cut young man from the chair“You’re real intelligent
    “You don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about, you zabaglioneI could be talking to myself,
    so why not? So I get my twelve and I figure let’s slam the loaded dice right into the felt, see?”
    “I see, Lou
    “We got to eliminate this asshole general because he’s the impediment to the fancy crowd who
    needs us, right?”
    “Right on, LouAn imped—an imped—”
    “Don’t bother, zabaglioneSo I say to myself, let’s blow him away and say the hot cannoli did
    it, got it?”
    “Oh, yeah,
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    2:51 am
    @@@@@"No, that's all right, I'm fine The book
    @@@@@"No, that's all right, I'm fine
    The book was simply titled: Good PoemsThe editor
    was Garrison Keillor, a man who could probably run
    for governor and be elected in the part of the
    world I came fromI opened at random and found a
    poem by someone named Frank O'Hara
    That made it a good poem in my book, and I waded
    in
    270
    "Have you forgotten what we were like then
    when we were still first rate
    and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth
    "it's no use worrying about Time
    but we did have a few tricks up our sleeves
    and turned some sharp corners
    "the whole pasture looked like our meal
    we didn't need speedometers
    we could manage cocktails out of ice and water
    Something happened to me thereMy voice wavered
    and the words doubled, as if the word water from
    my mouth had summoned some in my eyesI looked up
    and said, "Pardon meWireman
    looked concerned, but Elizabeth Eastlake was
    smiling at me with an expression of perfect
    understanding
    "That's all right, Edgar," she said"Poetry
    sometimes does that to me, as wellHonest feeling
    is nothing to be ashamed ofMen do not sham
    convulsion
    "Nor simulate a throe," I addedMy voice seemed
    to be coming from someone else
    271
    She smiled brilliantly"The man knows his
    Dickinson, Wireman!"
    "Seems to," Wireman agreedHe was watching me
    closely
    "Will you finish, Edward?"
    "Yes, ma'am
    "I wouldn't want to be faster
    or greener than now if you were with me O you
    were the best of all my days"What were the best of all your days,
    Edgar?"
    "Maybe these," I said"Then I'll hope, tooOne is always
    allowed to hopeAnd Edgar?"
    "Yes, ma'am?"
    "Let me be Elizabeth to yo
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    2:51 am
    @@@@@ “Every time,” the one named Rob
    @@@@@
    “Every time,” the one named Rob mutteredHis hand drifted to the holster on his thigh
    “What?” Jared asked in a flat voice
    Nate sighed and then gestured to the tall man with the ginger red hairThe man stepped
    forward, a wry smile on his faceHe had freckles, like me, only thousands moreThey were
    scattered so thick across his face that he looked dark skinned, though he was fairHis eyes were
    dark–navy blue, maybeNow, he's with us, so don't go crazyHe's my best friend–saved my life a
    hundred timesHe's one of our family, and we don't take kindly to it when people try to kill
    him
    One of the women slowly pulled her gun out and held it pointed at the ground
    The redhead spoke for the first time in a distinctly gentle tenor voice“No, it's okay, NateSee?
    They've got one of their own He pointed straight at me, and Ian tensed“Looks like I'm not
    the only one who's gone native
    Burns grinned at me, then crossed the empty space, the no-man's-land between the two tribes,
    with his hand stretched out toward me
    I stepped out from around Ian, ignoring his muttered warning, abruptly comfortable and sure
    I liked the way Burns had phrased it
    Burns stopped in front of me, lowering his hand a bit to compensate for the considerable
    difference in our heightsI took his hand–it was hard and callused next to my delicate skin–and
    shook it
    “Burns Living Flowers,” he introduced himself
    My eyes widened at his nameFire World–how unexpec
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    2:52 am
    @@@@@The wind was wistful and reflective; the
    @@@@@The wind was wistful and reflective; the grass rustled, advanced and retreated in shimmering rustling wavesThe night was intensely silent and pendent
    In the dawn they folded their blankets, made their packs, and ate a K ration, chewing slowly, and without relish, the cold tinned ham and eggs and the square graham crackersTheir muscles were stiff from the previous day's march, and their clothing was damp with yesterday's perspirationThe older men were wishing that the sun was higher; there seemed no warmth left in their bodiesRed's kidneys were aching again, Roth's right shoulder was rheumatic, and Wilson had a spasm of diarrhea after he ateThey all felt dull, without volition; they scarcely thought of the march ahead
    Croft and Hearn had gone to the top of the hill again, and were discussing the morning's marchIn the early morning, the valley was still hazy with mist and the mountain and pass were obscuredThey squinted into the north, looking at the Watamai RangeIt extended as far as they could see like a cloud bank in the haze, rising precipitously to its peak at Mount Anaka, and dropping abruptly, shudderingly, into the pass at its left, before mounting again
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    The haze was dissolving, and Croft squinted through the field glasses into the distance"I wouldn't say, LootenantThat pass is narrow enough for a platoon to hold it till hell freezes over"Course we got to find that out The sun was beginning to outline the contours of the hillsThe shadows in the hollows and draws were considerably lighter
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