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Roreat Axis capitals The second heart of darkness in Europe She has a ue relationship to maps, and it takes her until 11:30 before she reaches the Swedish Euard there the name of the man she is to meet

The Salerno artillery emplacements are in her pocket She has only to hand the paper over and then

And then?

And then, she has no idea

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FRANGIE MARR—SICILY AND PORTSMOUTH, UK

Am I hurt?

She sees through one eye, but as if through a sheer lace curtain, everything fuzzy, details all blurred

She can hear, but only the low tones, the vibrations of loud voices, the deepest notes of explosions

Sky overhead Blue

Shapesaround her Green

Pain comes from everywhere at once; it has no specific location, it’s everywhere and everything

A?

She knows she’sShe’s being carried She’s on a stretcher, a stretcher that crushes her between two rifles

She raises her head to try and see what has happened but he