War Game
“But then the Brigadier was always exact.
Audley parked his new 2200 carefully on the verge and studied the sign without enthusiasm. After his initial resistance he had felt the old inevitable curiosity stirring, not for the job itself, but for the ultimate why hidden somewhere at the heart of it. But now the reaction to the curiosity was setting in: such curiosity was well enough for Rikki-tikki the young mongoose, but for a respectable middle-aged husband and father it was a poor substitut...e for the soft breasts and soft cheeks of home after a long journey from foreign parts.
The sign was small and newly painted, or even brand new, and it bore the legend To the Monument in capital letters, and Swine Brook Field 1643 in lower case beneath them.
He climbed stiffly out of the car and surveyed the landscape. The crest of the ridge was quite sharp, almost a miniature hog’s back compared with the undulations to the east and west of it.MoreLess
Audley parked his new 2200 carefully on the verge and studied the sign without enthusiasm. After his initial resistance he had felt the old inevitable curiosity stirring, not for the job itself, but for the ultimate why hidden somewhere at the heart of it. But now the reaction to the curiosity was setting in: such curiosity was well enough for Rikki-tikki the young mongoose, but for a respectable middle-aged husband and father it was a poor substitut...e for the soft breasts and soft cheeks of home after a long journey from foreign parts.
The sign was small and newly painted, or even brand new, and it bore the legend To the Monument in capital letters, and Swine Brook Field 1643 in lower case beneath them.
He climbed stiffly out of the car and surveyed the landscape. The crest of the ridge was quite sharp, almost a miniature hog’s back compared with the undulations to the east and west of it.MoreLess
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