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           "Feelbetternow?"

           "Better.Muchbetter.Shediditfine."

           Thegirlbackedaway,hereyesdroppedwithself-consciousness.BurtonquicklyputonanewbandageandMachandedoverthebigpieceofmeat."Isalteditoutthere,"hesaid."Docthinksyoubetternotrunaroundanymoretoday."

           Burtonnodded."Youmightcatchcoldandgointoafever,"hesaid."Thenyoucouldn’tdoanything."

           Jimfilledhismouthwithtoughmeatandchewed."Guyslikethemeat?"heasked.

           "Cocky’r’nhell.Theythinktheyruntheworldnow.They’regoingoutandcleanuponsomebody.Iknewitwouldhappen."

           "Aretheygoingouttopickettoday?"

           Macthoughtamoment."You’renot,anyhow.You’regoingtosithereandkeepwarm."Joeyhandedthebabytohiswife."Istheyplentymeat,mister?"

           "Sure."

           "Well,I’mgoin’togetsomeforLisaandI."

           "Well,goahead.Listen,Jim.Don’tgomoaningaround.There’snotgoingtobemuchgoingon.It’salongintheafternoonnow.London’sgoingtosendoutsomeguysincarstoseehowmanyscabsareworking.They’llseehowmanyandwhere,an’then,tomorrowmorning,we’llstartdoingsomethingaboutit.Wecanfeedtheguysforacoupladaysnow.Cloudsaregoing.We’llhaveclear,coldweatherforachange."