Normally, the fact that the General had come to... Normally, the fact that the General had come to him would have been pleasing, but the General's voice had humiliated himFor a moment he actually considered remaining in the tent"I'll get back that money later," he said to Mantelli
"Not tonight, huh?" one of the other officers at the table gibed
"My master's voice," Hearn said
He finished buttoning his shirt, kicked his chair back into place, and walked through the tentIn one corner a few officers were drinking up one of their ration bottles of whisky
He heard them singing and then he was fumbling with the folds of the double curtain at the blackout exitAfter the lights inside, he was blinded as he emerged into the dark cool air, so blinded that he almost collided with the General, who had been waiting for him
"Sorry, I thought you'd gone on ahead," Hearn muttered The General strolled slowly
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"What do you need me for, General?"
"We'll discuss that when we get to the tent Between them for the moment there was some antagonismThey walked on in silence, their feet crunching into the gravel walkOnly one or two men passed by them in the darkness; with the night, almost all activity halted in the bivouacAbout them in the rough ellipse of their area Hearn could feel almost tangibly the ring of enlisted men sitting in their foxholes on guard"Quiet tonight," he muttered,
"Yes
At the entrance to the General's tent, another collision occurredHearn halted at the tent flaps to allow the General to precede him, and Cummings in turn put his hand on Hearn's back to indicate that he was to go
chanel classic handbags firstThey both started at once, and Hearn sideswiped the General, felt him recoil a foot or two from the weight of Hearn's big body There was no answer for a moment, and in a little spasm of anger Hearn separated the flaps and walked in aheadWhen Cummings followed, his face was extremely pale and his lower lip showed the indentation of two teethEither the collision had hurt him more than Hearn had thought or he was disturbed enough to pinch his lipBut why? It would be more characteristic for Cummings to find amusement in the situation
Still defiant, Hearn sat down without permissionThe General seemed about to say something and then was silentHe took the other chair, which faced his desk, shifted it slightly to face Hearn, and stared at him impassively for almost a minuteHe had an entirely new expression on his face, one Hearn had never seen beforeThe
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With a little shock, Hearn wondered at the tensions that had made the General seek him outIt must have been humiliatingEven more, there was no artifice about it now, no suggestion of work for him on the General's clean furled deskHearn stared at the map of Anopopei that lay tacked to a large drawing boardThe ocarina on which the General played his little tune
Once again Hearn realized how barren was the General's tentWherever he was, on Motome, in his ship's cabin, or here, he never seemed to live in a placeThe tent was so austereThe cot
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And Cummings still stared at him with that inexplicable gaze as if he did not know him at allLike the pulse of their blood, some artillery sounded again in the distance"I was wondering, Robert," the General said at last
"Yes, sir?"
"You know, I don't know a damn thing about you really The voice was flat and colorless
"What's the matter, have I been stealing your whisky?"
"Perhaps you have What the hell did that mean? The General leaned back in his chair, the next question a little too
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