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Colonel Cathcart

           

           ColonelCathcartwasaverylarge,pouting,broadshoulderedmanwithclose-croppedcurlydarkhairthatwasgrayingatthetipsandanornatecigaretteholderthathepurchasedthedaybeforehearrivedinPianosatotakecommandofhisgroup.Hedisplayedthecigaretteholdergrandlyoneveryoccasionandhadlearnedtomanipulateitadroitly.Unwittingly,hehaddiscovereddeepwithinhimselfafertileaptitudeforsmokingwithacigaretteholder.Asfarashecouldtell,hiswastheonlycigaretteholderinthewholeMediterraneantheaterofoperations,andthethoughtwasbothflatteringanddisquieting.HehadnodoubtsatallthatsomeoneasdebonairandintellectualasGeneralPeckemapprovedofhissmokingwithacigaretteholder,eventhoughthetwowereineachother’spresenceratherseldom,whichinawaywasverylucky,ColonelCathcartrecognizedwithrelief,sinceGeneralPeckemmightnothaveapprovedofhiscigaretteholderatall.WhensuchmisgivingsassailedColonelCathcart,hechokedbackasobandwantedtothrowthedamnedthingaway,buthewasrestrainedbyhisunswervingconvictionthatthecigaretteholderneverfailedtoembellishhismasculine,martialphysiquewithahighglossofsophisticatedheroismthatilluminatedhimtodazzlingadvantageamongalltheotherfullcolonelsintheAmericanArmywithwhomhewasincompetition.

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