A Company of Heroes book Three: the Princess
“On this penultimate evening it has reached the banks of the Moltus, perhaps ten miles southeast of the city, where the river is about three-eighths of a mile wide . . . a broad, pellucid expanse of water that is like a steel cuirass protecting the soft, vulnerable underbelly of the capital.It is the first body of water of any size that has been encountered since leaving the coast, and the enthusiasm of the dry, dusty soldiers at its appearance is tolerated by the officers whose rank and dignity... force them to suffer and be content with enjoying the aquatic sports by proxy and with clenched teeth. A tin tub filled with tepid and silty river water is an inadequate substitute rendered necessary if not tolerable by their exalted rank, which occasionally does not have all the privileges one might expect.Bronwyn feels no such compunctions, however, other than a repugnance to bathing with the men. She finds a quiet cove downstrearn where the slow current has carved a deep crescent into the high bank.MoreLess
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