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Milo

           DoyouthinkI’ddoasinglethingtoharmthemifIdidn’thaveto?Haven’tIgotenoughonmymind?Can’tyouseehowupsetIamalreadyaboutallthatcottonpilinguponthosepiersinEgypt?"Milo’svoicesplinteredintofragments,andheclutchedatYossarian’sshirtfrontasthoughdrowning.Hiseyeswerethrobbingvisiblylikebrowncaterpillars."Yossarian,whatamIgoingtodowithsomuchcotton?It’sallyourfaultforlettingmebuyit."ThecottonwaspilinguponthepiersinEgypt,andnobodywantedany.MilohadneverdreamedthattheNileValleycouldbesofertileorthattherewouldbenomarketatallforthecrophehadbought.Themesshallsinhissyndicatewouldnothelp;theyroseupinuncompromisingrebellionagainsthisproposaltotaxthemonapercapitabasisinordertoenableeachmantoownhisownshareoftheEgyptiancottoncrop.EvenhisreliablefriendstheGermansfailedhiminthiscrisis:theypreferredersatz.Milo’smesshallswouldnotevenhelphimstorethecotton,andhiswarehousingcostsskyrocketedandcontributedtothedevastatingdrainuponhiscashreserves.TheprofitsfromtheOrvietomissionweresuckedaway.Hebeganwritinghomeforthemoneyhehadsentbackinbetterdays;soonthatwasalmostgone.AndnewbalesofcottonkeptarrivingonthewharvesatAlexandriaeveryday.EachtimehesucceededindumpingsomeontheworldmarketforalossitwassnappedupbycannyEgyptianbrokersintheLevant,whosolditbacktohimattheoriginalprice,sothathewasreallyworseoffthanbefore.

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