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Dobbs

           

           DobbsandHungryJoewereoutofthequestion,andsowasOrr,whowastinkeringwiththevalveofthestoveagainwhenYossarianlimpeddespondentlybackintothetentafterDobbshadturnedhimdown.ThestoveOrrwasmanufacturingoutofaninvertedmetaldrumstoodinthemiddleofthesmoothcementfloorhehadconstructed.Hewasworkingsedulouslyonbothknees.Yossariantriedpayingnoattentiontohimandlimpedwearilytohiscotandsatdownwithalabored,drawn-outgrunt.Pricklesofperspirationwereturningchillyonhisforehead.Dobbshaddepressedhim.DocDaneekadepressedhim.AnominousvisionofdoomdepressedhimwhenhelookedatOrr.Hebegantickingwithavarietyofinternaltremors.Nervestwitched,andtheveininonewristbeganpalpitating.

           OrrstudiedYossarianoverhisshoulder,hismoistlipsdrawnbackaroundconvexrowsoflargebuckteeth.Reachingsideways,hedugabottleofwarmbeeroutofhisfootlocker,andhehandedittoYossarianafterpryingoffthecap.Neithersaidaword.Yossariansippedthebubblesoffthetopandtiltedhisheadback.Orrwatchedhimcunninglywithanoiselessgrin.YossarianeyedOrrguardedly.Orrsnickeredwithaslight,mucidsibilanceandturnedbacktohiswork,squatting.Yossariangrewtense.

           "Don’tstart,"hebeggedinathreateningvoice,bothhandstighteningaroundhisbeerbottle."Don’tstartworkingonyourstove."Orrcackledquietly."I’malmostfinished."

           "No,you’renot.You’reabouttobegin.

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