He was watching the scene through half-opened...
He was watching the scene through half-opened eyes, and he listened cautiously to the conversation between the two patients whose heads were bandagedIt was the first time he had heard them speak"Hey, orderly," one of them was asking, "what's up?"
The orderly came over to them, and talked for a little while"I hear there was a lot of patrolling today, and these guys just came from Battalion Aid
"You know if E Company was in it?"
"Ask the General," the medic said
"I'm glad I wasn't in it," one of the patients muttered
"You ain't just a bird-turding, Jack," the orderly said
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There was a long silence afterward with no sound at all in the black tent, and then one of the patients muttered, "Another psycho
"What the hell are we in the loony ward for?"
Minetta shiveredThat nut could kill me when I'm asleepHis thigh, which was almost healed, began to throbHe pitched restlessly, listening to the crickets and the animals in the brush beyond the tentA few shots were fired far in the distance, and he began to shudder againI will be nuts by morning, he thought, and began to giggle to himselfHis stomach felt empty; he was hungryWhat did I get into this for? he wondered
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His stomach was tense and nervous; he retched emptily once or twiceI ain't gonna get any sleep, that's a cinchJealousy began to torment himMinetta went through a long fantasy in which Rosie made love to another man; it began with her going alone to dance at Roseland; and it ended inevitably, sickly, in his mind; he felt a chill sweat forming on his shoulders and the backs of his thighsHe began to vintage omega watches worry about his familyThey ain't gonna hear from me for a couple of monthsHow the hell will I write them a letter? They'll think I'm deadHe felt a pang as he thought of his mother's anxietyJeez, the way she'd fuss over me when I got a coldItalian mothers and Jewish mothers, they're always that wayHe tried to repress the concern his mother was causing him, and began to think of Rosie againIf she don't hear from me, she'll be fooling around with someone elseAaah, fug her, I've had dames who give me a better time than herThere's lots of othersHe thought of the exciting shiny luster of her eyes, and felt a comfortable grief and self-pity
The man who had combat fatigue screamed again, and Minetta sat up shudderingI gotta get some sleep, I can't take chanel quilted handbag th