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@@@@@"Pick and choose, pick and choose He drew
@@@@@"Pick and choose, pick and choose He drew his pencil through most of the items"I can give y' the whiskyFor the rest of it, we're not runnin' a stop-and-shop
"If you'll notice the requisition is signed by Horton for the General
Kerrigan lit a cigarette"When the General runs this ship, I'll start to sweat before him He stared gleefully at Hearn"One of Horton's men, a captain something or other, picked up the supplies for Division Headquarters yesterdayWe're not special caterers to officers' mess, you knowYe'll draw your supplies in bulk and break 'em down on the beach
Hearn restrained his temperI have funds from officers' mess to pay for them
"But I'm not obliged to give them to youAnd I damn sure won'tIf y' want Spam, that I can give you, and not a penny out of your pocketBut for these little extras, I suggest that you wait till a Navy ship appears againI don't have any truck with this selling of myonize He scribbled something on the requisition"If ye'll take this down into hold number two, ye'll get your whiskyIf I didn't have to give you that, I wouldn't
"Well, thank you, Kerrigan
"Any time, Lieutenant, any time
Hearn paced down the corridor, his eyes glitteringThe ship rolled on a swell and he lurched into a bulkhead, smacking his hand painfully against the metal to break the impact |