Уловка 22

Major — De Coverley

           Afewdaysafterthat,newspaperswouldappearthroughouttheworldwithphotographsofthefirstAmericansoldiersbludgeoningtheirwayintotheshatteredcitythroughrubbleandsmoke.Inevitably,MajordeCoverleywasamongthem,seatedstraightasaramrodinajeephehadobtainedfromsomewhere,glancingneitherrightnorleftastheartilleryfireburstabouthisinvincibleheadandlitheyounginfantrymenwithcarbineswentlopingupalongthesidewalksintheshelterofburningbuildingsorfelldeadindoorways.Heseemedeternallyindestructibleashesattheresurroundedbydanger,hisfeaturesmoldedfirmlyintothatsamefierce,regal,justandforbiddingcountenancewhichwasrecognizedandreveredbyeverymaninthesquadron.

           ToGermanintelligence,MajordeCoverleywasavexatiousenigma;notoneofthehundredsofAmericanprisonerswouldeversupplyanyconcreteinformationabouttheelderlywhite-hairedofficerwiththegnarledandmenacingbrowandblazing,powerfuleyeswhoseemedtospearheadeveryimportantadvancesofearlesslyandsuccessfully.ToAmericanauthoritieshisidentitywasequallyperplexing;awholeregimentofcrackC.I.D.menhadbeenthrownintothefrontlinestofindoutwhohewas,whileabattalionofcombat-hardenedpublic-relationsofficersstoodonredalerttwenty-fourhoursadaywithorderstobeginpublicizinghimthemomenthewaslocated.

           InRome,MajordeCoverleyhadoutdonehimselfwiththeapartments.

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