The Winston Affair
“As they left the court, General Kempton ranged himself alongside of Barney Adams and said, “Suppose we nave a word or two, Barney.”
“Certainly, sir.”
“Unless you need this time?”
“I didn’t anticipate the recess, sir, so my time is at your disposal.”
General Kempton led the way to Colonel Thompson’s office at the end of the hallway opposite the courtroom. He closed the door behind them, took a cigarette for himself and then offered one to Adams.
“Smoke?”
“Thank you, sir.”
“Do you ever swear, Bar...ney?”
“Sir?”
“Lose your temper—let go? Would you derive no satisfaction from just roaring out that this is a shit-ass, lousy, mother-friggen, second-rate sonofabitch world?”
“I suppose I might under certain circumstances,” Adams replied, without any particular interest or enthusiasm.
“Your generation puzzles me.” The general shook his head. “If I could indulge the idiocy that passes for thought in some of my associates, I might infer that we were a generation of men and you are a generation of patsys.MoreLess
“Certainly, sir.”
“Unless you need this time?”
“I didn’t anticipate the recess, sir, so my time is at your disposal.”
General Kempton led the way to Colonel Thompson’s office at the end of the hallway opposite the courtroom. He closed the door behind them, took a cigarette for himself and then offered one to Adams.
“Smoke?”
“Thank you, sir.”
“Do you ever swear, Bar...ney?”
“Sir?”
“Lose your temper—let go? Would you derive no satisfaction from just roaring out that this is a shit-ass, lousy, mother-friggen, second-rate sonofabitch world?”
“I suppose I might under certain circumstances,” Adams replied, without any particular interest or enthusiasm.
“Your generation puzzles me.” The general shook his head. “If I could indulge the idiocy that passes for thought in some of my associates, I might infer that we were a generation of men and you are a generation of patsys.MoreLess
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