Уловка 22

CATCH-22

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           "Doesn’theknowthere’sawargoingon?"ColonelCathcartyelledoutsuddenly,andblewwithvigorousdisbeliefintotheopenendofhiscigaretteholder.

           "I’mquitesurehedoes,"ColonelKornrepliedacidly,"sinceyoubroughtthatidenticalpointtohisattentionjustamomentago."ColonelKornfrownedwearilyforYossarian’sbenefit,hiseyestwinklingswarthilywithslyanddaringscorn.GrippingtheedgeofColonelCathcart’sdeskwithbothhands,heliftedhisflaccidhaunchesfarbackonthecornertositwithbothshortlegsdanglingfreely.Hisshoeskickedlightlyagainsttheyellowoakwood,hissludge-brownsocks,garterless,collapsedinsaggingcirclesbelowanklesthatweresurprisinglysmallandwhite."Youknow,Yossarian,"hemusedaffablyinamannerofcasualreflectionthatseemedbothderisiveandsincere,"Ireallydoadmireyouabit.You’reanintelligentpersonofgreatmoralcharacterwhohastakenaverycourageousstand.I’manintelligentpersonwithnomoralcharacteratall,soI’minanidealpositiontoappreciateit."

           "Theseareverycriticaltimes,"ColonelCathcartassertedpetulantlyfromafarcorneroftheoffice,payingnoattentiontoColonelKorn.

           "Verycriticaltimesindeed,"ColonelKornagreedwithaplacidnod."We’vejusthadachangeofcommandabove,andwecan’taffordasituationthatmightputusinabadlightwitheitherGeneralScheisskopforGeneralPeckem.

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