The Assignment
“The heat stood like a wall outside the window, close and awful and blinding.
The faucets were not working. The officer in command sounded tired and resigned and demanded twelve hours more.
The telephone lines to the north were still cut. At the exchange they said that the break was near the border of the province in a blockaded zone in which army maneuvers were taking place.
The headquarters of the Third Infantry Regiment informed him that General Gami and Colonel Orbal could not be counted on ...to return within the next three days.
Colonel Ruiz had come down with dysentery and had been taken to the military hospital. His chief of staff reported that eight tankers out of twenty-five were in the workshops being repaired.
An unknown person said on Dalgren’s behalf that the question of a meeting place for the conference and the nomination of delegates would be taken up immediately by the executive of the Citizens’ Guard.
Manuel talked to Danica.
“Call the station and tell them my speech is to be broadcast every five minutes from now on.”MoreLess
The faucets were not working. The officer in command sounded tired and resigned and demanded twelve hours more.
The telephone lines to the north were still cut. At the exchange they said that the break was near the border of the province in a blockaded zone in which army maneuvers were taking place.
The headquarters of the Third Infantry Regiment informed him that General Gami and Colonel Orbal could not be counted on ...to return within the next three days.
Colonel Ruiz had come down with dysentery and had been taken to the military hospital. His chief of staff reported that eight tankers out of twenty-five were in the workshops being repaired.
An unknown person said on Dalgren’s behalf that the question of a meeting place for the conference and the nomination of delegates would be taken up immediately by the executive of the Citizens’ Guard.
Manuel talked to Danica.
“Call the station and tell them my speech is to be broadcast every five minutes from now on.”MoreLess
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