Уловка 22

Corporal Whitcomb

           AnothergoodreasonwasthefactthathavingthechaplainaroundHeadquartersallthetimemadetheotherofficersuncomfortable.ItwasonethingtomaintainliaisonwiththeLord,andtheywereallinfavorofthat;itwassomethingelse,though,tohaveHimhangingaroundtwenty-fourhoursaday.Allinall,asColonelKorndescribedittoMajorDanby,thejitteryandgoggle-eyedgroupoperationsofficer,thechaplainhaditprettysoft;hehadlittlemoretodothanlistentothetroublesofothers,burythedead,visitthebedriddenandconductreligiousservices.Andtherewerenotsomanydeadforhimtoburyanymore,ColonelKornpointedout,sinceoppositionfromGermanfighterplaneshadvirtuallyceasedandsinceclosetoninetypercentofwhatfatalitiestherestillwere,heestimated,perishedbehindtheenemylinesordisappearedinsidetheclouds,wherethechaplainhadnothingtodowithdisposingoftheremains.Thereligiousserviceswerecertainlynogreatstrain,either,sincetheywereconductedonlyonceaweekattheGroupHeadquartersbuildingandwereattendedbyveryfewofthemen.

           Actually,thechaplainwaslearningtoloveitinhisclearinginthewoods.BothheandCorporalWhitcombhadbeenprovidedwitheveryconveniencesothatneithermighteverpleaddiscomfortasabasisforseekingpermissiontoreturntotheHeadquartersbuilding.

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