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           HewasoftentemptedtojoinMajordeCoverley,butpitchinghorseshoesalldaylongseemedalmostasdullassigning"MajorMajorMajor"toofficialdocuments,andMajordeCoverley’scountenancewassoforbiddingthatMajorMajorwasinaweofapproachinghim.

           MajorMajorwonderedabouthisrelationshiptoMajordeCoverleyandaboutMajordeCoverley’srelationshiptohim.HeknewthatMajordeCoverleywashisexecutiveofficer,buthedidnotknowwhatthatmeant,andhecouldnotdecidewhetherinMajordeCoverleyhewasblessedwithalenientsuperiororcursedwithadelinquentsubordinate.HedidnotwanttoaskSergeantTowser,ofwhomhewassecretlyafraid,andtherewasnooneelsehecouldask,leastofallMajordeCoverley.FewpeopleeverdaredapproachMajordeCoverleyaboutanythingandtheonlyofficerfoolishenoughtopitchoneofhishorseshoeswasstrickentheverynextdaywiththeworstcaseofPianosancrudthatGusorWesorevenDocDaneekahadeverseenorevenheardabout.EveryonewaspositivethediseasehadbeeninflicteduponthepoorofficerinretributionbyMajordeCoverley,althoughnoonewassurehow.

           MostoftheofficialdocumentsthatcametoMajorMajor’sdeskdidnotconcernhimatall.ThevastmajorityconsistedofallusionstopriorcommunicationswhichMajorMajorhadneverseenorheardof.Therewasneveranyneedtolookthemup,fortheinstructionswereinvariablytodisregard.

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