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@@@@@If she don't hear from me, she'll be fooling around with someone elseAaah, fug her, I've had dames who give me a better time than herThere's lots of othersHe thought of the exciting shiny luster of her eyes, and felt a comfortable grief and self-pity The man who had combat fatigue screamed again, and Minetta sat up shudderingI gotta get some sleep, I can't take thisHe began to shout out"There's the Jap, I see him, I see him, I'm going to kill him!" He got off his cot and began to wander about the dirt floor of the tentThe earth was cold and damp against his bare feetHe trembled genuinely 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 man who had the chest wound was making the bubbling coughing sounds again, but to Minetta they sounded remoteHe relaxed, feeling comfortable and warm, thinking about the sedativeI'll become a dope addictaah, anyway to get out In the morning he awoke to find that one of the patients was deadThe blanket was drawn up over the dead man's head and his feet made a stiff peak which traced an icy caress along Minetta's spineHe looked at the body and turned awayThere was an envelope of intense silence about itThere's something different about a guy when he's dead, Minetta thought