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@@@@@He knew one of Gallagher's tirades was
@@@@@He knew one of Gallagher's tirades was beginning and it bored him"Yeah," he sighed, "they're sonsofbitches just like the rest of us
Gallagher turned on him"They only been in one week and already they're lousin' up the platoon
"Ah don't know," Wilson murmured; "that Roth ain't much good, but the other fellow, that Goldstein or Goldberg or whatever the hell his name is, he ain't a bad boyAh was workin' with him today, and we got to talkin' about the best way to lay down a corduroy
"I wouldn't trust a fuggin one of them," Gallagher said fiercely
Red yawned and drew his feet up"It's beginning to rain," he said
A few drops were pattering on the tentThe sky was a unique color; it had the leaden-greenish surface of stained glass, but there was a sheen, too, as though an intense light were shining on the other side of the pane"It's gonna rain like a sonofabitch," he said"You guys got your tent anchored okay?"
"Ah reckon so," Wilson saidA soldier went running by outside, and the sound of his footsteps evoked a moody spirit in RedIt 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 Motome invasion'It was rough,' Stanley said"Ah was glad to hear that Stanley thought so, 'cause Ah hadn't made up mah mind about it"Stanley ain't gonna give me any of his crapGallagher and Wilson still believed he had been afraid to fight StanleyWhen he had heard that Stanley was going to make corporal he had been amused and contemptuous; it had seemed just rightStanley would be noncom material"More men get to heaven by sucking first at the other end," he mumbled to himself |