He stepped back to the door and put his hand on the handle. Jerym gazed thoughtfully at him, and to some detached part of KelmerFaronya, it seemed that the trooper was looking for a way to put it. Can you wait there? Can I have a prediction? I left a man in reception, back on Maragor,totally bewildered. He was there minutesearly-right after breakfast-and the sergeant major motioned him into thecolonel's office.
And when the last stick had gone, an exhausted Varlik, chilled andshivering, slumped down on a bucket seat while one of the air crew closedthe troop door. And that you-the regiment that is-owed Colonel Voker for everythingyou've become. Then hepeeled out of his pants and shirt, and Jerym helped him climb up. He got some looks at first, or his sweat-soakedT'swa camouflage suit did, but he ignored them and napped much of theway back.
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