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Corporal Whitcomb

           HerackedhismemoryforsomecluetotheoriginofCorporalWhitcomb’sbitternesstowardhim.Insomewayhewasunabletofathom,hewasconvincedhehaddonehimsomeunforgivablewrong.ItseemedincrediblethatsuchlastingireasCorporalWhitcomb’scouldhavestemmedfromhisrejectionofBingoortheformlettershometothefamiliesofthemenkilledincombat.Thechaplainwasdespondentwithanacceptanceofhisownineptitude.Hehadintendedforsomeweekstohaveaheart-to-hearttalkwithCorporalWhitcombinordertofindoutwhatwasbotheringhim,butwasalreadyashamedofwhathemightfindout.

           Outsidethetent,CorporalWhitcombsnickered.Theothermanchuckled.Forafewprecariousseconds,thechaplaintingledwithaweird,occultsensationofhavingexperiencedtheidenticalsituationbeforeinsomepriortimeorexistence.Heendeavoredtotrapandnourishtheimpressioninordertopredict,andperhapsevencontrol,whatincidentwouldoccurnext,buttheafatusmeltedawayunproductively,ashehadknownbeforehanditwould.Déjàvu.Thesubtle,recurringconfusionbetweenillusionandrealitythatwascharacteristicofparamnesiafascinatedthechaplain,andheknewanumberofthingsaboutit.Heknew,forexample,thatitwascalledparamnesia,andhewasinterestedaswellinsuchcorollaryopticalphenomenaasjamaisvu,neverseen,andpresquevu,almostseen.

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