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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    1:14 pm
    @@@@@Cottager’s wife is a very pretty part, I
    @@@@@Cottager’s wife is a very pretty
    part, I assure youThe old lady relieves the high-flown benevolence
    of her husband with a good deal of spiritYou shall be Cottager’s
    wife
    “Cottager’s wife!” cried Mr“What are you talking of? The
    most trivial, paltry, insignificant part; the merest commonplace; not
    a tolerable speech in the wholeYour sister do that! It is an insult to
    propose itAt Ecclesford the governess was to have done itWe all
    agreed that it could not be offered to anybody elseA little more
    justice, MrManager, if you pleaseYou do not deserve the office, if
    you cannot appreciate the talents of your company a little better
    119
    Jane Austen
    “Why, as to that, my good friend, till I and my company have
    really acted there must be some guesswork; but I mean no disparagement
    to JuliaWe cannot have two Agathas, and we must have
    one Cottager’s wife; and I am sure I set her the example of moderation
    myself in being satisfied with the old ButlerIf the part is trifling
    she will have more credit in making something of it; and if she
    is so desperately bent against everything humorous, let her take
    Cottager’s speeches instead of Cottager’s wife’s, and so change the
    parts all through; he is solemn and pathetic enough, I am sureIt
    could make no difference in the play, and as for Cottager himself,
    when he has got his wife’s speeches, I would undertake him with all
    my heart
    “With all your partiality for Cottager’s wife,” said Henry Crawford,
    “it will be impossible to make anything of it fit for your sister, and
    we must not suffer her good-nature to be imposed onWe must not
    allow her to accept the partShe must not be left to her own complaisance
    Her talents will be wanted in AmeliaAmelia is a character
    more difficult to be well represented than even AgathaI consider
    Amelia is the most difficult character in the whole pieceIt
    requires great powers, great nicety, to give her playfulness and simplicity
    without extravaganceI have seen good actresses fail in the
    partSimplicity, indeed, is beyond the reach of almost every actress
    by professionIt requires a delicacy of feeling which they have
    7:07 am
    @@@@@Without my cane I’m buying a ticket for this
    @@@@@Without my cane I’m buying a ticket for this fucking roller coaster
    Nobody’ll look for a cripple on one of these thingsIt scares the hell out of me, but it’s a logical
    exit even if I have to stay on the damn thing all nightNow get out of here! Hurry!”
    The station wagon raced south down a backcountry road through the hills of New Hampshire
    toward the Massachusetts border, the driver a long-framed man, his sharp-featured face intense, the
    muscles of his jaw pulsating, his clear light-blue eyes furiousBeside him sat his strikingly
    attractive wife, the reddish glow of her auburn hair heightened by the dashboard lightsIn her arms
    was an infant, a baby girl of eight months; in the first backseat was another child, a blond-haired
    boy of five, asleep under a blanket, a portable guardrail protecting him from sudden stopsThe
    father was David Webb, professor of Oriental studies, but once part of the notorious, unspoken-of
    Medusa, twice the legend that was Jason Bourne—assassin
    “We knew it had to happen,” said Marie StJacques Webb, Canadian by birth, economist by
    profession, savior of David Webb by accident“It was merely a question of time
    “It’s crazy!” David whispered so as not to wake the children, his intensity in no way diminished
    by his whisper“Everything’s buried, maximum archive security and all the rest of that crap! How
    did anyone find Alex and Mo?”
    “We don’t know, but Alex will start lookingThere’s no one better than Alex, you said that
    yourself—”
    “He’s marked now—he’s a dead man,” interrupted Webb grimly
    “That’s premature, David‘He’s the best there ever was,’ those were your words
    “The only time he wasn’t was thirteen years ago in Paris
    “Because you were better—”
    “No! Because I didn’t know who I was, and he was operating on prior data that I didn’t know a
    damn thing aboutHe assumed it was me out there, but I didn’t know me, so I couldn’t act
    according to his scriptHe saved both our lives in Hong Kong
    “Then you’re saying what I’m saying, aren’t you? We’re in good handsThat poor beautiful man is deadThey’ll take him and break him!”
    “He’d go to his grave before giving anyone information about us
    “He won’t have a choiceThey’ll shoot him up to the moon with Amytals and his whole life will
    be on tapeThen they’ll kill him and come after m
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    1:14 pm
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    been functioning at the level of your past accomplishments until the end of your service
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    Again Conklin studied both deputies, nodding to both as he spoke“Thanks, Casset, and you,
    too, Valentino, but you didn’t have to do thatI was a black gucci watch drunk and it shouldn’t be a secret whether it’s
    me or anybody elseThat’s the dumbest thing you can do around here
    “From what we heard about Hong Kong, you did a hell of a job, Alex,” said the man named
    Casset softly“We didn’t want to detract from that
    “You’ve been a pain in the ass for longer than I care to remember,” added Valentino“But we
    couldn’t let you hang out as chanel clutch an accident of boozeLet’s get back to Jason BourneThat’s why I’m here, why you damn well had to see
    me
    “That’s also why I momentarily sidetracked us, MrYou have professional differences
    with my deputies, but I gather you don’t question their integrityAs far as I was concerned, they did their jobs and I did mine; it
    was the system that was fouled up—it was buried in fogBut black quilted bag this isn’t, today isn’tThe rules are
    clear-cut and absolute, and since I wasn’t reached, they were broken and I was misled, in a very
    real sense, lied toHow did it happen and who got the information?”
    “That’s all I wanted to hear,” said the director, picking up the telephone on the tableDeSole down the hall and ask him to come to the conference room The DCI hung up earrings chanel and
    turned to Conklin“I assume you’re aware of Steven DeSole
    “DeSole the mute mole
    “I beg your pardon?”
    “It’s an old joke around here,” explained Casset to the director“Steve knows where the bodies
    are buried, but when the time comes he won’t even tell God unless He shows him a Four Zero
    clearance
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    7:07 am
    @@@@@They'd be taking the afternoon train to
    @@@@@They'd be taking the afternoon
    train to Ballinasloe and spending the night there
    Scarlett wished there was a train all the way to MullingarShe wanted
    to get home"How are the fields, Colum? Is the wheat nearly ripe?
    Is hay cut yet? Has there been plenty of sun? And what about the
    that
    was cut? Was there enough? Did it dry out like it was supposed to?
    Is it good?
    Does it burn hot?"
    "Wait and see, Scarlett darlingYou'll be pleased with your
    Ballyhara, I'm certain of it Scarlett was much more than pleasedThe townspeople had erected arches covered with
    fresh greenery and gold ribbon over her route through Ballyhara town
    They stood outside the arches waving handkerchiefs and hats,
    cheering
    her return"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you," she cried over and
    over, with tears brimming from her eyes
    Fitzpatrick and the three ill-assorted maids and the four dairymaids
    and the stablemen were lined up to greet herScarlett could barely
    keep herself from hugging MrsFitz, but she obeyed the housekeeper's
    rules and maintained her dignityCat was bound by no rulesShe
    laughed and held out her arms to MrsFitzpatrick and was immediately
    caught up in an emotion-ridden embraceLess than an hour later
    Scarlett was dressed in her Galway peasant clothes striding quickly
    over her fields, Cat in her armsIt felt so good to be moving,
    stretching her legsThere'd been too many hours, days, weeks of
    sittingOn trains, and ships, in offices and armchairsNow she
    wanted to walk, ride, bend, reach, run, danceShe was The O'Hara,
    home again, and the sun was warm between gentle, cooling, swiftly
    passing Irish rainsFragrant mounds of golden hay stood in field
    cocks seven feet tall on the meadowsScarlett made a cave in one
    and
    crawled inside it with Cat to play houseCat shrieked with delight
    when she pulled part of the "roof" down on themAnd then when the
    dust made her sne
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    1:20 pm
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    Butler man said the winters are quite delightful
    "I'm sure he invited you back, Felicity," said an older woman"You
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    "Frances, I did no such thing," fendi sale protested Felicity"I was only having
    some fun for the first time on this dreary tripI cannot credit why
    Papa sent me to AmericaIt's a wretched place
    "He
    sent you, sister dear, to get you out of the clutches of that fortune
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    fortune if you have to fend off every attractive man in England simply
    because he's not rich
    "At least you're supposed to fend them off, Felicity," said a girl
    "That's easy enough to doThink of our poor brotherRoger's
    supposed to draw American heiresses like flies, and marry a silver chanel fortune to
    refill the family coffers Roger groaned and everyone laughedTalk
    about Rhett, Scarlett implored silently"There's simply no market for
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    she thought Cartier Tortue they were all disgraceful and that she couldn't understand
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    7:07 am
    @@@@@That was the piece of him that I could see
    @@@@@That was the piece
    of him that I could see through the hole–just his crossed arms and half of his stomach
    His skin was that same dark gold tan that had haunted my dreams for the last half yearIt was
    very strange to have that piece of my dream in solid reality not five feet from me
    “You won't be able to sneak past me,” he warnedHis voice was softer than before–sleepy“If
    you try…” He yawnedThe warning struck me as a bit of an insultWhy would I try to sneak past
    him? Where would I go? Into the hands of the barbarians out there waiting for me, all of them
    wishing that I would make exactly that kind of stupid attempt? Or, supposing Icould somehow
    sneak past them, back out into the desert that had nearly baked me to death the last time I'd
    tried to cross it? I wondered what he thought me capable ofWhat plan did he think I was
    hatching to overthrow their little world? Did I really seem so powerful? Wasn't it clear how
    pathetically defenseless I was?
    I could tell when he was deeply asleep because he started twitching the way Melanie
    remembered he occasionally didHe only slept so restlessly when he was upsetI watched his
    fingers clench and unclench, and I wondered if he was dreaming that they were wrapped around
    my neck
    The days that followed–perhaps a week of them, it was impossible to keep track–were very
    quietJared was like a silent wall between me and everything else in the world, good or bad
    There was no sound but that of my own breathing, my own movements; there were no sights
    but the black cave around me, the circle of dull light, the familiar tray with the same rations, the
    brief, stolen glimpses of Jared; there were no touches but the pitted rocks against my skin; there
    were no tastes but the bitter water, the hard bread, the bland soup, the woody roots, over and
    over again
    It was a very strange combination: constant terror, persistent aching physical discomfort, and
    excruciating monotonyOf the three, the killer boredom was the hardest to takeMy prison was
    a sensory-deprivation chamber
    Together, Melanie and I worried that we were going to go mad
    We both hear a voice in our head,she pointed outhat's never a good sign
    We're going to forget how to speak,I worriedow long has it been since anyone talked to us?
    Four days ago you thanked Jeb for bringing us food, and he said you were welcomeWell, I
    think it was four days agoFour long sleeps ago, at leasttop chewing your
    nails–it took me years to break that habi
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    1:22 pm
    @@@@@“There's a bright side to thisJared was
    @@@@@“There's a bright side to thisJared was being real pigheaded
    about you, and now that he's temporarily out of the picture, it's bound to make things more
    comfortable
    My eyebrows furrowed as I tried to decide what he meant
    “For example,” he went on“This space here we usually use for storageNow, when Jared and
    the guys get back, we're going to need someplace to put all the stuff they bring home with them
    So we might as well find a new place for you nowSomething a little bigger, maybe? Something
    with a bed?” He smiled again as he dangled the carrot in front of me
    I waited for him to snatch it away, to tell me he was joking
    Instead, his eyes–the color of faded blue jeans–became very, very gentleSomething about the
    expression in them brought the lump back to my throat
    “You don't have to go back in that hole, honeyThe worst part's over
    I found that I couldn't doubt the earnest look on his faceFor the second time in an hour, I put
    my face in my hands and cried
    He got to his feet and patted me awkwardly on the shoulderHe didn't seem comfortable with
    tears“There, there,” he mumbled
    I got control of myself more quickly this timeWhen I wiped the wet from my eyes and smiled
    tentatively at him, he nodded in approval
    “That's a girl,” he said, patting me again“Now, we'll have to hang out here until we're sure
    Jared's really gone and can't catch us He grinned conspiratorially“Then we'll have some fun!”
    I remembered that his idea of fun was usually along the lines of an armed standoff
    He chuckled at my expressi
    7:15 am
    @@@@@ He dropped four pounds neatly on the
    @@@@@
    He dropped four pounds neatly on the blanket There was a pleasurable edge of tension in his mouth
    Wilson chuckled easily"Goddam, this is gonna be a big pot," he told them"Ah ought to drop out, but Ah never could git out of the habit of peekin' at that last card
    And now Croft was convinced that Wilson had a flush tooHe could see that Gallagher was uncertain -- one of Wilson's spades was an ace"Raise you two," Gallagher said a little desperatelyIf he had the full house already, Croft told himself, he'd raise Gallagher all night, but now it would be better to save some money for the last round
    He dropped two more pounds on the pile over the blanket, and Wilson followed himLevy dealt the last card face-down to each of themCroft, containing his excitement, looked about the half-dark hold, gazed at the web of bunks that rose all about them, tier on tierHe watched a soldier turn over in his sleepThen he picked up his last cardHe shuffled his cards slowly, bewildered, wholly unable to believe that he could have been so wrongDisgusted, he threw down his hand without even checking to WilsonHe was just beginning to feel angryQuietly, he watched them bet, saw Gallagher put down his last bill
    "Ah'm makin' an awful mistake, but Ah'll see ya," Wilson said"What ya got, boy?"
    Gallagher was truculent as though he knew he were going to be beatenWhat the fug do ya think I got -- it's a flush in hearts, jack up"Ah hate to do this to ya, boy, but Ah got ya in spades with that bull He pointed to his ace
    For several seconds Gallagher was silent, but the dark lumps on his face turned a dull purpleThen he seemed to burst all at
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
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    @@@@@They remained together at the otherwise
    @@@@@They remained together at the otherwise deserted
    card-table, talking very comfortably, and not thinking of the rest,
    till some of the rest began to think of themHenry Crawford’s chair
    was the first to be given a direction towards them, and he sat silently
    observing them for a few minutes; himself, in the meanwhile, observed
    by Sir Thomas, who was standing in chat with Dr
    “This is the assembly night,” said William“If I were at Portsmouth
    I should be at it, perhaps
    “But you do not wish yourself at Portsmouth, William?”
    “No, Fanny, that I do notI shall have enough of Portsmouth and
    of dancing too, when I cannot have youAnd I do not know that
    there would be any good in going to the assembly, for I might not
    get a partnerThe Portsmouth girls turn up their noses at anybody
    who has not a commissionOne might as well be nothing as a midshipman
    One is nothing, indeedYou remember the Gregorys; they
    are grown up amazing fine girls, but they will hardly speak to me,
    because Lucy is courted by a lieutenant
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    Mansfield Park
    “Oh! shame, shame! But never mind it, William” (her own cheeks
    in a glow of indignation as she spoke)“It is not worth mindingIt
    is no reflection on you; it is no more than what the greatest admirals
    have all experienced, more or less, in their timeYou must think of
    that, you must try to make up your mind to it as one of the hardships
    which fall to every sailor’s share, like bad weather and hard
    living, only with this advantage, that there will be an end to it, that
    there will come a time when you will have nothing of that sort to
    endureWhen you are a lieutenant! only think, William, when you
    are a lieutenant, how little you will care for any nonsense of this
    kind
    “I begin to think I shall never be a lieutenant, FannyEverybody
    gets made but me
    “Oh! my dear William, do not talk so; do not be so desponding
    My uncle says nothing, but I am sure he will do everything in his
    power to get you madeHe knows, as well as you do, of what consequence
    it is
    She was checked by the sight of her uncle much nearer to them
    than she had any suspicion of, and each found it necessary to talk of
    something else
    “Are you fond of dancing, Fanny?”
    “Yes, very; only I am soon tired
    “I should like to go to a ball with you and see you danceHave
    you never any balls at Northampton? I should like to see you dance,
    and I’d dance with you if you would, for nobody would know who
    I was here, and I should like to be your partner once
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    1:14 pm
    @@@@@It is not a scrambling collection of low
    @@@@@It is not a scrambling collection of low single
    rooms, with as many roofs as windows; it is not cramped into the
    vulgar compactness of a square farmhouse: it is a solid, roomy, mansion-
    like looking house, such as one might suppose a respectable
    old country family had lived in from generation to generation,
    through two centuries at least, and were now spending from two to
    211
    Jane Austen
    three thousand a year in Miss Crawford listened, and Edmund
    agreed to this“The air of a gentleman’s residence, therefore, you
    cannot but give it, if you do anythingBut it is capable of much
    more(Let me see, Mary; Lady Bertram bids a dozen for that queen;
    no, no, a dozen is more than it is worthLady Bertram does not bid
    a dozenShe will have nothing to say to it By some
    such improvements as I have suggested (I do not really require you
    to proceed upon my plan, though, by the bye, I doubt anybody’s
    striking out a better) you may give it a higher characterYou may
    raise it into a placeFrom being the mere gentleman’s residence, it
    becomes, by judicious improvement, the residence of a man of education,
    taste, modern manners, good connexionsAll this may be
    stamped on it; and that house receive such an air as to make its
    owner be set down as the great landholder of the parish by every
    creature travelling the road; especially as there is no real squire’s
    house to dispute the point—a circumstance, between ourselves, to
    enhance the value of such a situation in point of privilege and independence
    beyond all calculationYou think with me, I hope” (turning
    with a softened voice to Fanny)“Have you ever seen the place?”
    Fanny gave a quick negative, and tried to hide her interest in the
    subject by an eager attention to her brother, who was driving as
    hard a bargain, and imposing on her as much as he could; but
    Crawford pursued with “No, no, you must not part with the queen
    You have bought her too dearly, and your brother does not offer
    half her valueNo, no, sir, hands off, hands offYour sister does not
    part with the queenShe is quite determinedThe game will be
    yours,” turning to her again; “it will certainly be yours
    “And Fanny had much rather it were William’s,” said Edmund,
    smiling at her“Poor Fanny! not allowed to cheat herself as she
    wishes!”
    “MrBertram,” said Miss Crawford, a few minutes afterwards,
    “you know Henry to be such a capital improver, that you cannot
    possibly engage in anything of the sort at Thornton Lacey without
    accepting his helpOnly think how useful he was at Sotherton! Only
    think what grand things were produced there by our all going with
    him one hot day in August to drive about the grounds, and see his
    genius take fireThere we went, and there we came home again;
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    and what was done there is not to be told!”
    Fanny’s eyes were turned on Crawford for a moment with an expression
    more than grave—even reproachful; but on catching his,
    were instantly withdrawnWith something of consciousness he shook
    his head at his sister, and laughingly replied, “I cannot say there was
    much done at Sotherton; but it was a hot day, and we were all walking
    after each other, and bewildered As soon as a general buzz gave
    him shelter, he added, in a low voice, directed solely at Fanny, “I
    should be sorry to have my powers of planning judged of by the day
    at Sother
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    for the face I’m lookin’ at
    “You’ve got to help me
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    “They’re why I need your help
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    The old man’s eyes grew wide under the green shade, a moral fury in his expanded pupils
    “Does the good doctor know about this?”
    “He’s part of itHe may not approve of what I’m doing, but if he’s honest with himself, he
    knows that the bottom line is the Jackal and me
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    “Then I’m leavingFive hundred more, that’s it
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    “And?”
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    7:07 am
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    After everyone left and the servants removed all traces of the rolex watch prices party,
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    @@@@@ The light slowly faded until the hallway
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    The light slowly faded until the hallway was blackThen it was silver, a tiny, dim reflection
    from the moon that was just enough, as my eyes adjusted, to see the man and the boy beside me
    Jamie edged closer to me as the night wore onI didn't realize that I was combing my fingers
    through his hair as I talked until I noticed Jeb staring at my hand
    I folded my arms across my body
    Finally, Jeb yawned a huge yawn that had me and Jamie doing the same
    “You tell a good story, Wanda,” Jeb said when we were all done stretching
    “It's what I did… beforeI was a teacher, at the university in San Diego
    “A teacher!” Jeb repeated, excited“Well, ain't that amazin'? There's something we could use
    around hereMag's girl Sharon does the teaching for the three kids, but there's a lot she can't
    help withShe's most comfortable with math and the likeHistory, now –”
    “I only taughtour history,” I interruptedWaiting for him to take a breath wasn't going to work,
    it seemed“I wouldn't be much help as a teacher hereI don't have any training
    “Your history is better than nothingThings we human folks ought to know, seeing as we live
    in a more populated universe than we were aware of
    “But I wasn't a real teacher,” I told him, desperateDid he honestly think anyone wanted to
    hear my voice, let alone listen to my stories? “I was sort of an honorary professor, almost a guest
    lecturerThey only wanted me because… well, because of the story that goes along with my
    name
    “That's the next one I was going to ask for,” Jeb said complacently“We can talk about your
    teaching experience laterNow–why did they call you Wanderer? I've heard a bunch of odd
    ones, Dry Water, Fingers in the Sky, Falling Upward–all mixed in, of course, with the Pams and
    the
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    1:22 pm
    @@@@@What would it be like, I wonderedWould it
    @@@@@What would it be like, I wonderedWould it hurt, having
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    My eyes widened in surprise, but he wasn't looking at me
    “Seems like you all use some kind of anesthetic, but that's just a guessNobody was screaming
    in agony or anything, though, so it couldn't be too torturousNo, that was the humans' specialty
    “Those stories you were telling the kid were real interesting
    I stiffened and he laughed lightly“Yeah, I was listeningEavesdropping, I'll admit itI'm not
    sorry–it was great stuff, and you won't talk to me the way you do with JamieI really got a kick
    out of those bats and the plants and spidersGives a man lots to think aboutAlways liked to
    read crazy, out-there stuff, science fiction and whatnotAnd the kid's like
    me–he's read all the books I've got, two, three times apieceMust be a treat for him to get some
    new storiesYou're a good storyteller
    I kept my eyes down, but I felt myself softening, losing my guard a bitLike anyone inside these
    emotional bodies, I was a sucker for flattery
    “Everyone here thinks you hunted us out to turn us over to the Seekers
    The word sent a shock jolting through meMy jaw stiffened and my teeth cut my tongue
    “What other reason could there be?” he went on, oblivious to my reaction or ignoring it“But
    they're just trapped in fixed notions, I thinkI'm the only one with questions
    7:15 am
    @@@@@Occasionally one of the destroyers would
    @@@@@Occasionally one of the destroyers would fire a volley or two, and half a minute later the men would hear the soft whisper of the shell as it arched overhead into the jungleOnce in a while a machine gun would start racketing in the jungle, and might be answered soon after with the shrill riveting sound of a Japanese light automatic
    Sergeant Brown looked at the coconut trees which were shorn at the top from the shellingFarther down, another grove had remained untouched, and he shook his headPlenty of men could have lived through that bombardment, he told himself"This ain't such a bad shelling, compared to what they did to Motome," he said He turned over on his stomach in the sand, and lit a cigarette"The beach stinks already," he announced
    "How can it stink?" Stanley asked
    "It just stinks," Red answeredHe didn't like Stanley, and although he had exaggerated the faint brackish odor that came from the jungle, he was ready to defend his statementHe felt an old familiar depression seeping through him; he was bored and irritable, it was too early to eat, and he had smoked too many cigarettes"There ain't any invasion going on," he said, "this is practice
    Croft hooked his cartridge belt about his waist, and slung his rifle"I'm going to hunt for S-four," he told Brown"You keep the men here till I get back
    "They forgot us," Red said"We might as well go to sleep
    "That's why I'm going to get them," Croft said"Aaah, why don't you let us sit on our butts for the day?"
    "Listen, Valsen," Croft said, "you can cut all the pissin' from here on
    Red looked at him warily"What's the matter?" he asked, "you want to win the war all by yourself?" They stared tensely at each other for a few seconds, and then Croft strode off
    "You're picking the wrong boy to mess with," Sergeant Brown told him"I won't take no crap from nobody He could feel his heart beating qui
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    1:14 pm
    @@@@@In the troop well, the waves made a loud
    @@@@@In the troop well, the waves made a loud jarring sound beating against the bow ramp, and already an inch or two of water had squeezed through the crevices and was sloshing around the bottomRed gave up the effort to keep his feet dryTheir boat had been circling for over an hour and he was getting dizzyOccasionally a cold fan of spray would drop on them, shocking and abrupt and a trifle painful
    The first wave of soldiers had landed about fifteen minutes ago, and the battle taking place on the beach crackled faintly in the distance like a bonfireIt seemed remote and insignificantTo relieve the monotony Red would peer over the side wall and scan the shoreIt still looked untenanted from three miles out but the ornament of battle was there -- a thin foggy smoke drifted along the waterOccasionally a flight of three dive bombers would buzz overhead and lance toward shore, the sound of their motors filtering back in a subdued gentle rumbleWhen they dove on the beach it was difficult to follow them, for they were almost invisible, appearing as flecks of pure brilliant sunlightThe puff their bombs threw up looked small and harmless and the planes would be almost out of sight when the noise of the explosions came back over the water
    Red tried to ease the weight of his pack by compressing it against the bulkhead of the boatThe constant circling was annoyingAs he looked at the thirty men squeezed in with him, and saw how unnaturally green their uniforms looked against the blue-gray of the troop well, he had to breathe deeply a few times and sit motionlessSweat was breaking out along his back
    "How long is this gonna take?" Gallagher wanted to know"The goddam Army, hurry up and wait, hurry up and wait
    Red had started to light a cigarette, his fifth since their boat had been lowered into the water, and it tasted flat and unpleasant"What do you think?" Red asked"I bet we don't go in till tenIt was not yet eight o'clock
    "Listen," Red went on, "if they really knew how to work these kind of things, we woulda been eating breakfast now, and we woulda got into these crates about two hours from now He rubbed off the tiny ash which had formed on his cigarette"But, naw, some sonofabitchin' looey, who's sleeping right now, wanted us to get off the goddam ship so he could stop worrying about us Purposely, he spoke loud enough for the Lieutenant from the communications platoon to hear him and grinned as the officer turned his back
    7:07 am
    @@@@@He considered her rather as one who had
    @@@@@He considered her rather as one who
    had never thought on the subject enough to be in danger; who had
    been guarded by youth, a youth of mind as lovely as of person;
    whose modesty had prevented her from understanding his attentions,
    and who was still overpowered by the suddenness of addresses
    so wholly unexpected, and the novelty of a situation which her fancy
    had never taken into account
    Must it not follow of course, that, when he was understood, he
    should succeed? He believed it fullyLove such as his, in a man like
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    himself, must with perseverance secure a return, and at no great
    distance; and he had so much delight in the idea of obliging her to
    love him in a very short time, that her not loving him now was
    scarcely regrettedA little difficulty to be overcome was no evil to
    Henry CrawfordHe rather derived spirits from itHe had been apt
    to gain hearts too easilyHis situation was new and animating
    To Fanny, however, who had known too much opposition all
    her life to find any charm in it, all this was unintelligibleShe
    found that he did mean to persevere; but how he could, after such
    language from her as she felt herself obliged to use, was not to be
    understoodShe told him that she did not love him, could not
    love him, was sure she never should love him; that such a change
    was quite impossible; that the subject was most painful to her;
    that she must entreat him never to mention it again, to allow her
    to leave him at once, and let it be considered as concluded for
    everAnd when farther pressed, had added, that in her opinion
    their dispositions were so totally dissimilar as to make mutual affection
    incompatible; and that they were unfitted for each other
    by nature, education, and habitAll this she had said, and with
    the earnestness of sincerity; yet this was not enough, for he immediately
    denied there being anything uncongenial in their characters,
    or anything unfriendly in their situations; and positively declared,
    that he would still love, and still hope!
    Fanny knew her own meaning, but was no judge of her own manner
    Her manner was incurably gentle; and she was not aware how
    much it concealed the sternness of her purposeHer diffidence, gratitude,
    and softness made every expression of indifference seem almost
    an effort of self-denial; seem, at least, to be giving nearly as
    much pain to herself as to himCrawford was no longer the
    MrCrawford who, as the clandestine, insidious, treacherous admirer
    of Maria Bertram, had been her abhorrence, whom she had
    hated to see or to speak to, in whom she could believe no good
    quality to exist, and whose power, even of being agreeable, she had
    barely acknowledgedCrawford who was addressing
    herself with ardent, disinterested love; whose feelings were
    apparently become all that was honourable and upright, whose views
    of happiness were all fixed on a marriage of attachment; who was
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    pouring out his sense of her merits, describing and describing again
    his affection, proving as far as words could prove it, and in the language,
    tone, and spirit of a man of talent too, that he sought her for
    her gentleness and her goodness; and to complete the whole, he was
    now the MrCrawford who had procured William’s promotion!
    Here was a change, and here were claims which could not but
    operate! She might have disdained him in all the dignity of angry
    virtue, in the grounds of Sotherton, or the theatre at Mansfield Park;
    but he approached her now with rights that demanded different
    treatmentShe must be courteous, and she must be compassionate
    She must have a sensation of being honoured, and whether thinking
    of herself or her brother, she must have a strong feeling of gratitude
    The effect of the whole was a manner so pitying and agitated,
    and words intermingled with her refusal so expressive of obligation
    and concern, that to a temper of vanity and hope like Crawford’s,
    the truth, or at least the strength of her indifference, might well be
    questionable; and he was not so irrational as Fanny considered him,
    in the professions of persevering, assiduous, and not desponding
    attachment which closed the interview
    It was with reluctance that he suffered her to go; but there was no
    look of despair in parting to belie his words, or give her hopes of his
    being less unreasonable than he professed himselfSome resentment did arise at a perseverance
    so selfish and ungenerousHere was again a want of delicacy and
    regard for others which had formerly so struck and disgusted her
    Here was again a something of the same
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