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"I tell you, I've watched you, Goldstein, and you're a good manI've seen the way you work on details, and no noncom could ask for moreI don't want you to think it ain't appreciated Indefinably, Stanley felt superior to Goldstein once more; his voice, warm, pliable, had the faintest touch of condescensionHe was the noncom talking to the rookieEffectively, he had forgotten that two minutes before he had waited tensely for Goldstein to say that he liked him
Goldstein was pleased, and yet his satisfaction was cloyedThat's what it's like in the Army, he told himselfThe opinion of omega seamaster de ville a youngster is so important
Wilson was moaning againThey stopped talking, and turned about in their blankets, propped on their elbows to listenBrown, with a sigh, had sat up, and was trying to soothe him"What's the matter, boy, what's the matter?" he asked softly, as if trying to comfort a puppy
"Ohh, mah belly is killin' me
Brown wiped away his perspiration"Who's this talking to you, Wilson?"
"That's you, Brown, ain't it?"
"YeahWilson must be betterIt was the first time he had recognized him"How're you feelin', Wilson?"
"Ah'm okay, but Ah cain't see a damn dolce and gabbana bucket handbag thing
Wilson began to giggle weakly"Ah thought that hole in mah belly made me blind He worked his mouth dryly, and in the darkness it sounded like the tense choking murmurs of a woman in grief He seemed to roll on the stretcher"Where the hell am I?"
"We're takin' you back to the beach, Stanley and Goldstein and Ridges and me
Wilson digested this slowly"Ah'm out of the patrol, huh?"
"Yeah, all of us, boy"Ah bet Croft was mad as a goosed beeSonofabitch, they're gonna op-per-rate on me now, an' cut out all that pus, ain't they, Brown?"
"Yeah, they'll fix you up
"By the time Ah louis vuitton bag sale git done, Ah'll have two belly-buttons, one right on top of t'otherGoddam that's gonna make me a hell of an attraction to the women He tried to laugh, and began to cough softly"On'y thing beat that would be two peters"Ah can taste blood in mah mouthIs that good?"
"Can't hurt ya," Brown lied"Just comes out both ends
"Ain't that a sonofabitch though, man who's been around's long as me in the platoon gettin' hit in a lousy ****-storm like that He lay back reflecting"Ah wish to hell that hole in mah belly would stop actin' up
"It'll be all right
"Listen, they was Japs after me omega mens watch fake in that field, jus' a couple of yards away from meThey was talkin', jus' jabberin' away, doky cola kinda it sounded likeBut they was right after me
He's off again, Brown thought"You feeling cold, boy?"
At the suggestion, Wilson shudderedSlowly, as he had been talking, his body had been losing its fever, becoming increasingly chill and dampNow he shivered with cold
"You want another blanket?" Brown asked
"Yeah, can you gimme that?"
Brown stepped away from him, moved over to where the others were talking"Anybody got two blankets?" he asked
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