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The physician from Camp Laurel asks the appropriate questions "Is he stable?" "Is he conscious?" "Are there any signs of internal bleeding?" "What are his vital signs?" His voice is low and clipped, a Midwestern e for the worse, I’ll co ular day Sounds like he’s one lucky bastard and you are too, Major! No death report to fill out!" He chuckles like this is funny "We had one here the other day Hell of a thing, one of the lu He was dead before he got to the clinic"

Captain Wolfe catches h It’s clear he thinks the physician is a jerk I give hie I’o and there are other sick es for the worse, Nurse Myers," Dr Crane orders "The ive hiets worse, I want to know at once" The physician signs off, "Over and out"

Starvation’s bell rings at the mess hall "Dinnertiy hands "Thank you, Miss Myers Ready for sorub, Earl?"

"Would you like to join us, Becky?" the captain asks, using my first name "You did a heck of a job in there"

"Thank you I’ll eat later I still have to cast his arlad he’s okay The boythat broke his fall; otherwise I don’t knoould have happened" (Actually I do knoould have happened: he would have broken his neck and died)

I slip back into the infirmary, tell Boodean what Dr Crane said, and send him off to the mess hall Since it’s a clean break and the bones don’t need to be repositioned, setting the lies, soak them in water in a white enamel bowl, and wrap the forearm from elborist until the lis is almost asleep by the time I finish

"How does that feel?" I ask hi man yawns

"Any dizziness? How’s your headache?"

"Not too bad, Nursie I just want to rest"

"Okay then, Linus" I let the Nursie pass "I’ll be right here"

The corpsood Once or twice he snores When he tries to turn his head he moans in pain That is one lucky fellow

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An hour later, Boodean returns "I’," he says "The boys had a lot of questionsEverything okay?"

"Fine Did Starvation save ?"