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Colonel's hand go swiftly back to the handle of his pistol and rest there, his eyes cool and passionate and forbidding. It was a gesture of force which balked even the Captain. Man-nix's face went pale—as if he had only just then realized the words which had erupted so heedlessly from his mouth—and he said nothing, only stood there sullen and beaten and blinking at the glossy white handle of the pistol as the Colonel went on: "For your information, Captain, you aren't the only one who made this march. But I'm not interested in your observations. You quiet down now. hear? You march in, see? I order you confined to your quarters, and I'm going to see that you get a court-martial. Do you understand? I'm going to have you tried for gross insubordination. I'll have you sent to Korea. Keep your mouth shut. Now get back to your company!" He was shaking with wrath; the hot morning light beat with piety and with vengeance from his gray, outraged eyes. "Get back to your men," he whispered, "get back to your men!"
Then he turned his back to the Captain and called down the road to the Major: "All right, Billy, let's saddle up!"
So it was over, but not quite all. The last six
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