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' TIIUS THUS TIIUSAI .De De a Amer men menill ! ill t ( cops OOP ' arrived at AdaDo Adano with Major MajorlOPpoio MajoreisFPdp ' ell "lo lo " the threi tli th e Amtot Ameot Atngot offlcer olfteer officer In charic ebarge charge ' > lOPpoio eisFPdp " "Mnt Mnt " . north Borth forth Wat was "a a " . to In cbarre charge than , ot of aetR . ie .e e ae iell .eclll1 rei , &rteaat rteaat , & 're.nt re.nt rent ' ll > If Tbe The Major " wai "II II was determined to toII to'l tol tR " ' 1 1ft > II ) /ft ft clll1 call ' " ' tile the ( tt confide cOD coBfldmc deDce ce * ol of the people and todace toIP1.ce to / Jtct . tte the town tle11 ben bell 'tolea tolea .tolen tolen stolen ' . h by ! ule the Nazle Nazis NazleJI Nazislyl Nzl * IP1.ce IP1ce dace ! lyl lylr , pile pit order orden orders * Issued by General Gener l Marbarrlne Marbarring Mar ' JI r u . trrrlne barrlne barring tuts carts tarts horn from the city Major MajorIIPpolO MajorIoOPota MajorSn IIPpolO IoOPota I-nnolii I nnolii - recalled recatled tir the order to permItrood permiti0ed permit ' to enter ent " t1"1 t11 the " tlty city elty htpcopardo IIICopardo M III ht rood i0ed roodand 1 and * ' " ' water * * * ' s , Copardo pcopardo , " , , , ptrdi ( came to the Mijor IIhJor Major askIDe asking asldnr for forf"nntu1on ( or "s s " f"nntu1on fnntu1on " uniiJI011 enydrslaa " ' to aee see " * General G < ! nerl1 Marvin M'1 M1 ' " ! " and andieuver d Informatloa Intormatlon information on o Important Ger Get ieuver , .uver uver . mt . \ ' " ' troop aoop movement movements ! De He H * was liven elven given hi hisP hispru hli his . JII'D JIID arc ill ' P .nd nd and . .et et set . ont out lor for the General a , bead head headLtynlers ' I " ! " ( Idl'Krt IdlKrt . poll pru ' . , He Re wai wal was dctermlntd determined to aidhe aidkEt kid aid kidilinS"111 Ltynlers Iqrters qrters he kEt kEt.Americans ilinS"111 ilinS111 t t1h11 1h11 " .Americans Americans . IerlcaDl " " " " * aalnd against , * l't lt " ' tbs the N"1 N1 Nazis " * 'II II - ' ; ! CHAPTER CHo\PTER CHo PTER CH4PTER \ RIUOh Xin RIU XinIcf I - 101 Icf ' ) ' I Oh said the sentry why uhy \ hy didn dldn tate t tik ateyou ik ate 10U you MII say s > y you y0 " had a pass P3"7 P37 " ' , sure the theIu theb the"ih theih Iu b " + General Generali s a here And he shoutedThe shouted'The shouted shoutedThe ' The 'The Old Man s In am air t he Buck Buckit's Buckits ? ' . , ; yeah I r think His'Nibs HisNibs His"Nlbs HisNlbs HiseNlbs " ' came Inif In InbOut Inear ear earabout about , ( bOut ( ( Out half hall hail an hour bour ago agoyeah agoYeah agoci Yeab yeah he s In the sentry said'What saido saidt saidlfhat said " t , 'ffhat ffhat 'What What lfhat ' ' you want to see him about aboutCicopardo ' + o Cicopardo Cacopardo pulled out the tissue tissuepaper tissuepaper tissuepiper paper I r can tell you where arethe arethe are the [ ! it Germans he said saidR saidr saidft r R gbt ght up there the sentry said saidpolntU1g saidpointing saidf polntU1g pointing pointoi ? UP thf the driveway to the maindoor maindoor main mainjoor joor door of o ( the villa Right In thatthere thatthere that Ibere there doorTie door " The Tie jeep drove up to the main maindoor main/ main mainI maindoor I / door There was another sentry sentrythere sentrythere sentryhere there [ When Cacopardo tried tned to goin go goD goto in D ! . , , the sentry put his bayonetedKM bayonetedI bayoneted I , nfte rife & across frn * ! < the flip path nath- nath nathrapnnarfln . . - Cacopardo CacopardoJ CacopardoQ1 rapnnarfln rapnnarflnjumped * Q1 , J jumped back alarmed I r am noBKines no now nomemos w " enem memos es he said I have the thepaper thepaper thejiaper paper to see General Marvin Marvm and andf andbe andhe and'he andhe ' be he riretched stretched out the pass Caco- Caco Cacopardo Cacopardo Caco-pirdo Caco pirdo - - - pardo learned quickly for a manbJ manhh man f bJ hh ! ageThe age ee ageThe ; The sentry took the pass Brotht Brother Broth Broth'a Brotha ' t er ! I 1 doubt If you can see the General General Gen : oral eral r ght now he said He don tlike t tlike ' like to see no DO one In the mornings morningsI morningsYou morningsYou morningsYou I You stand here a minute The Thesentry Thelentry 'lUke lUke sentry called the corporal of the theI theuard theuardThe I . lUard guard lUardThe guardThe { The corporal of the guard came came"Ii came1Y came'right cameright "Ii Ii 1Y " ' rIght biA back ' This 'ThIs way brother brotherbe brotherhe brotherhf be he saidf laid said laidi f i He led Cacopardo to a man aty at atl y . a desk r : rName - Name the man said gloomilyr gloomily gloomlIy r . " Cacopardo Cacopardo'Is , , Is 'Is ' ' that a first name or a last lastrime lastcame rime ame ? the sour man saidThat saidI saidThat said saidThat I That is the name of my familyCacopardo fam family y yCacopardo ' Cicopardo Cacopardo said'How saidHow said ' HOW 'How ' you spell that that ? ? Cacopardo spelled It out The man mantwrote man1 twrote ! vrote wrote laboriously labonously Cacaporato Cacaporatoi Tirst First name narne the unhappy manj manMattes man mantad j ; $3 3 $ tad II . . . , Matteo Mattes Matteoy Mattes'You y ' ' "im im 'You You " ou got to spell those Dago Dagonsme Dagonames Dago'h Dagoh ' nsme names timesI $ namesCaco Caco Cicopardo Caccpardo ardo spelled ] It t and the manm manm man mannisspellcd m nisspellcd sspeUed sspelled It'Wbo It'Who It 'Vbo Vbo 'Wbo Wbo 'Who Who ' ' ' you want to see ? ' ' 'General General ' Marvin'You Marvin'You Marvin MarvinYou seej ' ' You 'You haven t t got a chance of see j } ) Ing IDg him hnn the man said ' There 'There ' s awar a war * > r going on Dago What you wantto wantto want to fee see the General Genera ] about ' pockettor pocketfor Cacopardo reached In his pocket for tor the tissue paper , . I can showyou show showyoU showi you where are the Germans heis belad he be ; lad ladr is ad a ar adYou r You 11 U have to talk with G twoI two I , . ibout about that the man said and hePointed he hePOJllted heprated POJllted Pointed with h s pencil . First door dooron dooras door111 on as the right where it says ColonelHenderson ColonelHenderson Colonel Headerson Henderson HeadersonCacopardo HendersonCacopardo Cacopardo went to the door doormarked doormarked doormarked marked Colonel Henderson and he hocked knocked hehocked heknocked knockedWalk Walkm Walkin Walk in m a voice shoutedGeneral shoutedGeneral shouted General Marvin Manrm ' ' ' Cacopardoasked Cacopardotsked Cacopardo ' isked asked tsked asked'Upstairs tsked'Upstairs ' ' . Impat ' 'Upstairs Upstairs upstairs the Imp impa a atent tent t ent eat vo ce which belonged to a full fullcolonel fullcolonel fullcolonel colonel colonelsa sa d Cacopardo started outSay out outSay Say I\alt I alt watt u \ ait a mmute minute Cacopardo minuteCacopardo mmuteCacopardo turned around The Colonel Colonelsaid TheColonel said Who are you any anyVsyi anyVsyiCacopardo way anyway anyways ways ' waysCacopardo Cacopardo Matteo I was sent tolee tolee to tote lee te General MarvmGeneral MarvinGeneral Marvin Marvm MarvinGeneral ItalIans Italtans General Marvin doesn t like Ital . Ians tans "in in " the Colonel said What do doYOU doYou doj Ton YOU want to see him hlfn Mira hlfnabout about ' You Youv "Her Her better Youbetter favorsbe favorshe " not ask him hun bum tor for torany , -any any - favors ' he be ll 11 ii kick you out personally himlelL him'elf him lelL 'elf elf ' eU . . f pocketfor Cacopardo reached In his pocket pocketj- pocketj pocketjr - tor for " > r the tissue showr paper I r can show showYOU showyou hel YOU where are the Germans hesaid helaid he l | laid said . . 1 takingthat Youve You ve ye got no business busmess takings takingshat taking -hat hat that - kind of thing to Ceneral Marv Mar'a Mar . v ' 'a a vn n . . What do you think we have a aI ' aG G two section sectlon for around here ? You Youcan Youcan Yout tan can just 3ust show that to me mer meI I was sent to see General Marvia Marvln Mar vln via Thats That ] la 1a s the one I r am going gOl1lg to tolee togee toMe toMeAfter lee gee geeAlter After Alter an argument with Wlth Colonel"tnderson Coloneltnderson Colonel Henderson Uenderson ColonelHenderson ColonelUenderson " up-"a up "a a upsta Cacopardo was sent up- up up11 - - - sta stars " rs 11 r under guard was stopped andQuest and andqUest andSUcst qUest oned coed by a gentry sentry at the headof head of " t the stairs tair was sent downstairs downstairsecause downstairscause because downstairsbecause " ecause ( he did dad not have a proper Divis Divls propel"ivis propelivis properDivis properDivls " on pass was given a pass was passwas * taken upstairs again agam was ques ques'toned questoned polIticalel politicalbci Honed quesHoned ' oned ai as to age religion polItical pobtica"elets pobticaelets ' bci bciefs " el els efs and sex by a sergeant was wasr interviewed wasinterviewed " ' "viewed viewed " by a staff officer who wh wh"ousted < whodoubted doubted wouldbe "ousted ousted " whether the tbe General woulc would be free to see him was waa . referred to ; toColonel Golonel Colonel GeneralsChief sChief Middleton , , the Generals General s ! byColonel Oliel Chief of Staff was questioned by b ; Colonel ' -'onel 'onel onel - " ' i i'onel Middleton s a < secretary who wh < , thought whothought "ought ought " th thp . Colonel was busy was wa : ftnaUy anaUy wasftnaUy wasanaUy Middleton " "ally ally " admitted adnutted to Colonel Middle , ton ' "i i " who after agreedto an argument agreed agree < to 10 tee lee whether wouldlee wouldtee the General wouli would lee tee ee Cacopardo which he doubted MarvinWas Marvinwag doubtedA doubtedAt At A ! the moment rnoment General Marvin Marvilwa Was wag playing mumble te Ie to peg with wit wit'eutcnant ! Lieutenant withLieutenant Theyhad Theybad -'eutcnant 'eutcnant eutcnant - ' Byrd his bi hI . aide They The : had bad " " 1 tound found that mahoganytable a certain mahogan mahogany : "Me Me table " took the knife beautifully beautItu1ly The Th"eneril Theneril TheGeneral General " eneral had just 3ust reached the doubl0 double doublep ' " p D off 01 % the foreheadte forehead te - . . , . Colonel , _ _ _ . u . . _ _ . Justas the theGeneral Middleton walked in just justenough as the General his let letntheakniifelgojoust letntheakniifelgojoustf2 the knife go off f2 forehead The surprise of Colo- Colo nel Colonel - - Middleton s a entrance was just justenough enough to throw the Gener.l Generl General . ' off offannoyed 'I I off'I 'Ihis his aun aiim and the knife clattered on the table and did didnot not stick in . in . This GeneraLI annoyed the General . I , ' Haven " t I told dleton dieter"11 dieter11 ? ' you to fcnock knock Mld Mid MldYes Italianhere ItalianI Yes sir There s an old Italian I here wants to tee see you Middletonwhat Middleton youMiddleton what s a the matter " WIth matterWIth matterwithyou7DidntIteUiouIdidn you ? Dldn Didn t r I twant tell you ) OU r I didn dldn t want to see any mor . It H Hno no - - - - . _ - _ . . Yes sir SII ' But this thisone I one seems to tobe be above the average He was sent sentto to you by one ofour of our people He says Hesays be he has some Information you would youwould wantWell wantWell want wantWell Wellshow Well show him In What are yoU standIng youstanding InAnd there tor for ? Show him hun hum In And so Cacopardo was finally theGeneral brought finallybrought Into the presence of the GeneraL justa 3ustas justas . By this time tlme he was 3ust just beingsome as angry as the tbe General and being Generalssenior some twenty years the General s senlor senior ssenlor ssenior privilegeto egeto he be considered it his hg prlv privilege ege to vent his firstHe anger first He found perfect torMs forhis expression for his arger In what he saw on the sur face surface of the mahogany table tableYou tableYon You Yon are a barbarian he said saidThis This was not a very good way forold for forold forold old Cacopardo to begin begm with Gen Genoral General eral Marvinespecially Marvin since hadtwo especially he had two beginwith strikes stmes against him to begin WIth he had caught the General In Ina Ina ina a bad mood and he was ItalianA Italian ItalianA bellowedIn A what what ? ? ? the General bellowed In his famous voice voiceI voicer I r said you are a barbarian How Howdare dare you chop and pick at the sur face surface of my friend Salatiello Salatlello stable s a tablt table ' , For the sake of argument It would wouldhave have made m de no difference wl1erence whatsoever IT r . ? P Pr r / - I IYou , You are a barbarian he saidif said saidif I Iif if General Marvin Marvm had krown known kr > own thatSalatiello that thatI thatSala thatSalatiello Sala Salatiello bello had been thirteen tlurteen years yearsdead yearsdead yearsdead I dead The General could not pos posslbly possrbly possibly , slbly srbly have been more outraged Hebellowed He Hebellowed bellowed at the walls who wbo is thiswop thiS thiSI thiSwop thiswop I wop anyhow7 anyhow anyhow7That ' , That table was made circa 1775 1775I 1775when 1775when 1775when I when your country had not even begun be begun begun gun to existed barbarian It wascarved wascarved was wasI wascarved I carved by Vmcenzio Vmcenzlo Vincenzro di dl Lucca of ofI ofParma ofParma ofParma I Parma I cannot calculate the theI thevalues thevalues thevalues values of that table You are a apig apig apig I pig to chop and pick at itThe itThe It ItThe The General shouted Take this thiscrazy thiscrazy thiscrazy crazy wop out of hereColonel hereColonel here hereColonel Colonel Middleton and Lieutenant LieutenantByrd LieutenantByrd LieutenantByrd Byrd rushed into the room Tbey They Tbeygrabbed Theygrabbed Theygrabbed grabbed old Cacopardo and startedto started startedto startedto to push him hum outWalt outWatt out outWait Wait Walt WaltI Watt I ' ' the General roaredWho roaredWho roared roaredWho Who sent that idiot Iwot here bere M ddle due ddleton dueton ddleton ton ' I r don t know sir it was someMaJor someMajor some someMajor Major MajorYou You don t t know ? It s a your busi bust business bustmess buslness ness mess to know knowColonel knowColonel knowColonel Colonel M ddleton asked Cacopar Cacopardo Cacopardo do Who was Itho It \ who \\ho ho sent youhere youhere you youhere here- here ' - ' . , hereMy My tnend fnend friend Major Ma30r Joppolo who Isnot isnot is isnot not a barbarianColonel barbarianColonel barbarian barbarianColonel Colonel MiddlPton Mlddlpton Middleton said What WhatUnit Whatunit Whatunit Unit is this Major fromAdano from ' Adano from Adano old Cacopardo Caco Cacopardo Cacopardo pardo said From my home horne Adano Adano Ada Adano noAdano noAdano no noAdano Adano the General sbouted shouted sboutedThere shoutedThere shoutedThere There s a something about that thatplace thatplace thatplace place What Is it about Adano Mid Middleton Middleton Middieton7 dleton ' What Is it ' ' ' The 'The cart General Colonel Mid Middleton Middleton Middieton dleton said Colonel Middleton would wouldnever wouldnever wouldnever never forget Adano a aa as long ai as he he"The helIved helived lIved "The The " lIvedThe The cart ? What cartT.Don cartTDon cart ? . Con son t t talk talkB talkin talkto B in ! riddles Middleton What cart ? The cart that we threw off oft the theroad theroad theroad road sir The mule we shot air sir airGeneral sirGeneral lr lrGeneral General Marvin remembered and andthe andthe andthe the memory turned his face a shade shadedarker shadedarker shadedarker darker So that s a * the Major whosent who whosent whosent sent you be he roared What was |