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"If it took him being knocked off for us to go...
Posted on 2010-Mar-2 at 12:55
"If it took him being knocked off for us to go back, then I'll settle for that They had sent him out, they didn't give a goddam, but who could he fight against? "Aaaah He lit a cigarette, puffed cautiously at it, for the smoke roiled his stomach
"Who says we're going back?" Polack asked
"That looey did," Wyman said He rolled over on his stomach
Polack picked his nose"Y'wanta bet we ain't knocking off?" There was something screwy about the whole setup, screwy as hellThat Croft, what a babyIt was the kind of guy you needed, a sonofabitch
"Aw," Wyman said vaguelyFor an instant he thought of the girl who had stopped omega watches for sale writing letters to himHe didn't even care if she was alive or dead nowWhat did it matter? He stared up at the mountain, and hoped they would turn backHad Croft said anything about it?
As if to answer him, Croft sauntered toward them from his guard post"All right, you men, let's get movin'
"We going back, Sergeant?" Wyman asked
"Don't gimme any of your goddam lip, Wyman, we're gonna try the mountain A low shocked chorus, grumbling and resentful, answered him"Any one of you men got something to say about it?"
"Why the hell don't we go back, Croft?" Red asked
'"Cause that ain't what they sent us out to do Croft coco chanel black wallet hovered about an intense rageHe would not be balked nowFor an instant he was tempted to raise his rifle and blast it at Valsen's headHe felt himself compressing his jaws"Come on, you men, you want the Japs to be waitin' for ya again?"
Gallagher glared at him"That lootenant said we're goin' back
"I'm in charge of this platoon now He stared at them, besting them with his eyesOne by one they stood up, hoisted their packs sullenlyThey were a little numbThis was a shock which left them passive"Aah, fug him," Croft heard one of them mutter, and he grinned to himself, lashed them with his tongue"You bunch of women!"
They were louis vuitton diaper bag tote all standing now, all ready"Let's go," he said quietly
The platoon moved out slowly in the midmorning sunAfter a few hundred yards they were tired again, and plodded along encased in a stuporThey had never really believed the patrol would end so easilyCroft led them on a route parallel to the cliffs of the mountain and toward the eastAfter twenty minutes they came to the first rent in the great bluffs of the mountain's baseA deep ravine slanted upward for several hundred feet to the first ridge, its red clay walls refracting brightly the heat of the sunWithout a word Croft turned toward it and the platoon began to d
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