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           "GetPeckem,"hetoldColonelMoodus."Don’tletthebastardknowwho’scalling."

           "Whowasit?"askedColonelCargill,backinRome.

           "Thatsameperson,"GeneralPeckemrepliedwithadefinitetraceofalarm."Nowhe’safterme."

           "Whatdidhewant?"

           "Idon’tknow."

           "Whatdidhesay?"

           "Thesamething."

           "‘T.S.Eliot’?"

           "Yes,‘T.S.Eliot.That’sallhesaid."GeneralPeckemhadahopefulthought."Perhapsit’sanewcodeorsomething,likethecolorsoftheday.Whydon’tyouhavesomeonecheckwithCommunicationsandseeifit’sanewcodeorsomethingorthecolorsoftheday?"

           CommunicationsansweredthatT.S.Eliotwasnotanewcodeorthecolorsoftheday.

           ColonelCargillhadthenextidea."MaybeIoughttophoneTwenty-seventhAirForceHeadquartersandseeiftheyknowanythingaboutit.TheyhaveaclerkuptherenamedWintergreenI’mprettycloseto.He’stheonewhotippedmeoffthatourprosewastooprolix."

           Ex-P.F.C.WintergreentoldColonelCargillthattherewasnorecordatTwenty-seventhAirForceHeadquartersofaT.S.Eliot.

           "How’sourprosethesedays?"ColonelCargilldecidedtoinquirewhilehehadex-P.F.C.Wintergreenonthephone."It’smuchbetternow,isn’tit?"

           "It’sstilltooprolix,"ex-P.F.C.Wintergreenreplied.

           "Itwouldn’tsurprisemeifGeneralDreedlewerebehindthewholething,"GeneralPeckemconfessedatlast.

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