Description
Sweat popped from his forehead, coursed down the crevices to the light stubble of his beard, gathered weight, itched its way around the promontory of chin, surged in rivulets down the leathery neck, collected in a pool at the base of his throat, spilled over on the breast, was absorbed by clothing, became a source of future irritation-unnoticed at the moment. His tommy negligently tucked in the crook of his right arm, some hundred and fifty pounds of equipment stowed about his person, weight pressed into the cable-guard, he stood with feet spread wide on the loading ramp of the transport. With lackluster eyes and vacuous expression, he waited for the men ahead to move-waited. This was H hour minus twelve.
Recommended Citation
Finch, Russell W.
(1946)
"Third Movement,"
Manuscripts: Vol. 14
:
Iss.
4
, Article 15.
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https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/manuscripts/vol14/iss4/15
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