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Milo

           Howintheworlddidyoueverthinkofit?"

           "MynameisMiloMinderbinder.Iamtwenty-sevenyearsold."MiloMinderbinder’splanesflewinfromeverywhere,thepursuitplanes,bombers,andcargoshipsstreamingintoColonelCathcart’sfieldwithpilotsatthecontrolswhowoulddowhattheyweretold.TheplanesweredecoratedwithflamboyantsquadronemblemsillustratingsuchlaudableidealsasCourage,Might,Justice,Truth,Liberty,Love,HonorandPatriotismthatwerepaintedoutatoncebyMilo’smechanicswithadoublecoatofflatwhiteandreplacedingarishpurplewiththestencilednameM&MENTERPRISES,FINEFRUITSANDPRODUCE.The"M&M"In"M&MENTERPRISES"stoodforMilo&Minderbinder,andthe&wasinserted,Milorevealedcandidly,tonullifyanyimpressionthatthesyndicatewasaone-manoperation.PlanesarrivedforMilofromairfieldsinItaly,NorthAfricaandEngland,andfromAirTransportCommandstationsinLiberia,AscensionIsland,Cairo,andKarachi.Pursuitplanesweretradedforadditionalcargoshipsorretainedforemergencyinvoicedutyandsmall-parcelservice;trucksandtankswereprocuredfromthegroundforcesandusedforshort-distanceroadhauling.Everybodyhadashare,andmengotfatandmovedabouttamelywithtoothpicksintheirgreasylips.Milosupervisedthewholeexpandingoperationbyhimself.Deepotter-brownlinesofpreoccupationetchedthemselvespermanentlyintohiscarewornfaceandgavehimaharriedlookofsobrietyandmistrust.

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