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The orderly got up from his chair and sighed”Oh, man, what a ward He picked up a hypodermic from the table beside him and approached Minetta He let himself be marched back to his cot He held his breath while the needle jabbed into his muscle, and then exhaled”Oh, what a time,” he groaned The [...]

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Besides their fatigue and the dank moist air, they were sweating from anxietyThe stream had a force and a persistence which seemed alive; they felt something of the frenzy they would have known if an animal had been snarling at their feetTheir hands began to bleed from the thorns and the paper-edged leaves, and their [...]

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He feels guilty with his desire There’s lots of things I’d like to talk to you about Well, you know, we been goin’ out for a coupla months, you know, what do ya think of me? He flushes at the crudeness of it, at the part of his mind that hopes for a physical issue(The [...]

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He could learn more from observationThe only trouble was that observation was necessarily slow, and by tomorrow morning they would land on the beach, begin their patrol, then every bit of knowledge about them would be important As Hearn watched their faces, he was aware of a vague discomfortIt was the kind of physical readiness, [...]

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When I asked her how I was doing, she smiled noncommittally and said, “You pass Then she drew bloodAfter that I retired to the bathroom with a plastic cup, sending Kamen bitter vibes as I unzipped my flyA one-armed man can provide a urine sample, but the potential for accidents is greatly magnified When I [...]

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“We’re very proud of him,” Melinda said, twisting her necklace Elizabeth smiled at her, then turned to me”I should like to see the work and judge for myself Will you indulge me, Edgar?” “I’d be happy to I meant it, but I was damned nervous, as wellPart of me was afraid to receive her opinionThat [...]

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“Neighbors?” Wireman asked I pointed straight upWireman and Jack followed my finger and saw what I already had: a large colony of brown bats sleeping in what looked like a vast hanging cloud of cobwebI glanced down and saw the porch was not just coated but plated with guanoIt made me very glad I was [...]

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The General was recovering his sense-impressions by degrees, clutching at them in the wake of the explosion like a man chasing his hat in a galeHe took a breath, smiled, heard himself say in an even voice, “I wouldn’t like to be at the other end He noticed the cannoneers, the Captain, after he spokeHe [...]

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Then the ramp clanked down, and Martinez trudged dumbly into the surf, almost stumbling when a knee-high wave broke behind himHe walked with his head down, looking at the water, and it was only when he was on shore that he realized nothing had happened to himFive other craft had landed at the same time, [...]

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She was sitting on a rumpled bed, wearing nothing but a pair of blue pantiesThe strap of a matching bra trailed across one legHer head was slightly bent, but there was no mistaking her features; I had caught her BRILLIANTLY in just a few harsh strokes of black that were almost like Chinese ideogramsOn the [...]

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