@@@@@Damn fine man, he was a good officer Conn 769
@@@@@Damn fine man, he was a good officer Conn surveyed his paunch, which projected in sharp curved lines just beneath his shorts, like a football inflated inside him"We've had some wild times between usThat Caldwell is hell on wheels when it comes to womenWe've had some times between us would singe your back hair
"Oh, we had lots of that too," Dove inserted eagerly"I couldn't go back to Washington with Jane, because there're so many girls there, if I should meet one of them with her, well, it wouldn't be so goodJane's a hell of a swell kid, wonderful wife, but you know she takes her church seriously, and she'd be awfully upset
Lieutenant (sg) DoveHe had been assigned to the division as an interpreter at almost the same time Hearn had come in, and with amazing, with startling na?vet? he had announced very carefully to everyone that his rank was equivalent to captain in the Army, and that the responsibilities of a lieutenant sg were greater than those of a major or a lieutenant colonel in the ArmyHe had told the officers this in officers' mess on Motome and had been loved accordinglyConn had not spoken to him for a weekBut to the impedimenta that kept true love apart, or the poem went something like thatIn any case, they were delighted with each other nowHearn remembered Dove's saying to him once when he first came to the division, "You know, really, Hearn, you can appreciate this because you're an educated man like me, but do you know there's sort of a coarser element in the officers in the ArmyThe Navy's more careful Apparently, Dove had made the sublime effort; he accepted Conn now
They all accepted one another in time, with of course all the gossip requisite to acceptanceEven Conn and he had made upThey hated each other, of course, but that was conveniently forgottenA week after their quarrel he had passed Conn in the G-2 tent, and Conn had cleared his throat forcibly and said, "Looks like it's gonna be cooler today
"Yes," Hearn had said
"I got a lot of work today, I appreciate it cooler," Conn had added, and after that they made a point of nodding to each otherToday on the beach he had been talking to Dove, and Conn had come over
"Yes, sir," Conn repeated, "many's the party we've ha
