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           That’sallhesaid.Just‘T.S.Eliot."

           "Iwonderwhatitmeans,"GeneralPeckemreflected.

           ColonelCargillwondered,too.

           "T.S.Eliot,"GeneralPeckemmused.

           "T.S.Eliot,"ColonelCargillechoedwiththesamefunerealpuzzlement.

           GeneralPeckemrousedhimselfafteramomentwithanunctuousandbenignantsmile.Hisexpressionwasshrewdandsophisticated.Hiseyesgleamedmaliciously."HavesomeonegetmeGeneralDreedle,"herequestedColonelCargill."Don’tlethimknowwho’scalling."

           ColonelCargillhandedhimthephone.

           "T.S.Eliot,"GeneralPeckemsaid,andhungup.

           "Whowasit?"askedColonelMoodus.

           GeneralDreedle,inCorsica,didnotreply.ColonelMooduswasGeneralDreedle’sson-in-law,andGeneralDreedle,attheinsistenceofhiswifeandagainsthisownbetterjudgment,hadtakenhimintothemilitarybusiness.GeneralDreedlegazedatColonelMooduswithlevelhatred.Hedetestedtheverysightofhisson-in-law,whowashisaideandthereforeinconstantattendanceuponhim.Hehadopposedhisdaughter’smarriagetoColonelMoodusbecausehedislikedattendingweddings.Wearingamenacingandpreoccupiedscowl,GeneralDreedlemovedtothefull-lengthmirrorinhisofficeandstaredathisstockyreflection.Hehadagrizzled,broad-browedheadwithiron-graytuftsoverhiseyesandabluntandbelligerentjaw.Hebroodedinponderousspeculationoverthecrypticmessagehehadjustreceived.Slowlyhisfacesoftenedwithanidea,andhecurledhislipswithwickedpleasure.

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