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It was a bright June day, I remember, when I came to the surface again, and saw clear sky for the first time for more than two years. I had entered the office a little late, and the General had greeted me with an outstretched hand in which I felt the grip of the bones through the flabby flesh.
"Look here, Ben, have you kept control of the West Virginia and Wyanoke? " he enquired, and I saw the pupils of his eyes contract to fine points of steel, as they did when he meant business.