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Issued Isurd , by General Grneral lIIarvln Marvin Marvin11 lIIarvlno Marvino perinlttc'd perinlttcd permitted permlll ' d tbe the carts to enter theii the o ' ii , IIfaler ili II iii ! \faler faler tester \ ( racer and ar < > tood food Tl"s Tls The " hell bell l ) < ! 11 ar an " arand ansad \ and sad . Bhile whgo " bile tbe the Malor Major wu was wa b h iv cy , y see seethat set"t sett " III It was wns taken tat.en taten . care of or the courierrf couriertd couriered courier that lib dismissal orders tor ror for hJor Mtior Mtiorefrom Milor.lolrom Milorlolrom hJoro hJorrOm , td ed " , with . . . efrom o /rOm rOm / General Maniln Man Ian In Borth putden putIden put ' Iden , den ilcr * In is 1 bis bls his pocket pockr ! , , to keep ontll until ontllIb untilthe nntlltht Ib the ' party to 10 be given the hjor Mtjor Mtjordebt Mijoidrtt debt ! bl . . , He Re knew knrw the efTect eaecl effect It II "ould ould would woulda " ould a . OD Ia everyone everyoneCNU'TER . CH1PTER CH4.PTER CH4PTER CNU'TER CNUTER CH1PTERin CH4.PTER.III . ' \ ' . < \\in in \.III .III \ ' . 111 111toss inl.m.as l.m.as lm.as lmas II\11S II 11S ] . toss \ . really good When the Mar MaI Ma r I al\ al aw alIt , ? \ ' it he stood up in delight He Hej Hed HeI d I So that is why you wantedpicture wantedpicture wanted , ; picture taken takenI takenGargano takenCargano I ' posed as It If with one handICamcra hand handi [ Gargano girgano , ICamcra camera camcra and the other squeezj squeezI squeez i , I I , shutter bulb and andlned andncd \ncd ncd tried ' \ to Iml imlslhe 1mllhe slhe , the cracked voice of old Spata SpataYoung Spatayoung , Young man you are vamfOU vainyou vain vam [ fOUI TOU fOU you \I I \ want ant Is to look at youra yourj your yourlUs a j lUs ThIs is fame time when all laughed the thedo theijor theilor them themThank themllank laughed with do ijor ! [ baok Thank " ! you Major Joppolo saidt saidRas said iit sayiit t ( ias us Ras all he had time to say saythe saylle , iitse the se ; officials of Adano left theyp the thequicklY thequickly quickly In any case it was washe wasdt was3 ! He dt Major Idalor \ was aas as able to saybe say SdY saytliecomm stood walt- walt wait- wait waltID waitg5 wait-.mithe wait.mithe wait .mithe mithe - tliecomm jbHomm be Comm ttee of hosts - . g5 ID the entrance hall of Quattroc Quattroctbouse Quattrocjt QuattrocI I tbouse house bouse Old Bellanca was there thereofficio theregtclo thereidfflcio officio gtclo and Cacopardo the only onlyeot onlyent onlysjiait ( , eot ent of Adano who owned aoBowtall a aow aow ow tall tail coat and the only one oneo onei ; 10 o ( ffould would wear one tt I 0 ! he had itthe It Itthe itai the tat fat Craxi Craxl who appeared to toIe tose tom Ie se exceeded e"tceeded etceeded " his bls limit hmlt of three threeclUes threenines clUes ) s of wine wme lor for dinner dlnncr and S g gfa gxa glira fa xa ) Cannel Carmel garmel na Sp nnato representy representas represent- represent - - . . , y as U " , nell well ell as she could the faIr faIrlod fairtad fairj , ani lod tad the white haired LojaconoBO LOJaconoo LojaconoRas LOJacono o W vas Ras ; included because he hadee had hadrile hadfee fee ( ! rile such IUch a good picture The ones onesdthe onesi 1/ 1 / 1the dthe the cornm comm ttee who were absent absentn.e absentneTomasmo absentnit neTomasmo n.e ne . Tomasmo out of respect for fort fordead forit t dead fishermen and Garganoit Garganorn.J Gargano GarganoItawas rn.J rnJ Itawas . , } was otherwise engaged engagedIt It 11 ; was vas ten minutes mmutes after startingE startingtie starting.me starting of honor had hadwtlrrlcd hadit hadalirnved .me me > . , E tie ( , , and the guest wtlrrl\cd wtlrrl cd it armed \ G useppe who had ar araged aed aged ged ( the whole thing hovered In Into inI to ; background saying over and andIfU andas andBit IfU as ' 'The The ' M ster Major will be bebue belee bem bue lee any minute now"he now'he now now1eM "he he 'he " ' 1eM M ster Major was at that mIn min.t minaiecaling 1.e 1e ' . .t t . call ng for Tina and Tina Tma In int Inie t * war way of all women either was wasIt'ready wasIC wasK'ready wasKready It'ready Itready IC ' ' nady or was not willing wlllmg to adBit ad adtit adtittiat tit tittiat Sat Ulat she sheas \\as as \as aas \ , \ \ readybaUy readyFraiy ready readyrically rically baUy Fraiy at a quarter to eight eightin , , , fu La came out of her room She Shei Shewudrtssed Shera i < wudrtssed dressed in a flimsy white blouseedehuge blouse \ ! indulge edehuge ihuge red taffeta skirttkilt skirt skirtt skirtl.ila . l.ila lila 1.1\11 1.111 1.1 11 kilt . . \ Joppolo s slight annoyance annoyanceat at btllg bemgkept | KB ! { kept waiting dissolved at at0IIrt atnote atonte 0IIrt note . . This 'lus lus ' ! was worth waiting allMil all all19b allLghtfor 19b Lghtfor ! for he said I f / Inna fIlia I'M IM nna Ilia ' curtsied gravely She ga gath gathaed gathid th aed ed some same of her skirt skut on her left leftarm leftam leftina arm am and reached with her right nght hand handr handti handhiLalor r ti : kajorJoppolo lajor Joppolo s arm He offered offeredlbher offered8 offeredn n lbher to bier ber and th the couple left shout shouti shoutt i 1 t good goodbyes byes to Tomasino Tomasmo andla and anda la a "ho ho Rho "holas " ho was \las las \ as beady with Wth vAth ! perspiraha perspiratai per perspira spira spiratDn tDn tai Irom from tram helping helpmg her daughters getiady getiadyto get getlady gettidy lady tidy ladyOn tidyIi to On Ii the r . way v.ay vay nay down the Via Um Umerto Umkids Um"to Umto erto kids ! " the First FITst the couple heard heardJO heardWi heard"o heardo JO Wi ! " nnall lIDall small ch Idren C1 cry crying ' ) ing In the theukenmg thefelting theuteiBg ukenmg felting ( evening evenmg they could justt juste JustJWe just JWe : t e cut out tvo Iv.o Ivo two . , little llttle figures huddledIII huddledmthe huddled huddledthe mthe III the curb on the other side of theteet the thefleet fleet Jeet . . They crossed crossedKey crossedThey Key They found ( ound the ragged little son ofbl ofbaand of ! baand la bl and nd the well dressed grandson grandsoniCacopardo grandsonCacopardo Cacopardo sitting slttmg with their arms armsUOIInd arms"End arms"ad armsad UOIInd "End End " " " each other crying hard hardMajor hardMajorJoppolo hardMajor r armsr Major MajorJoppolo Joppolo crouched down dovm and andIIUed andpaned and"tied andtied IIUed paned " the boys backs and asked askednil askedslit asked't askedt nil slit " ' the matter was'tween wastween was , .Blween Blween . Between wasBetween " ' ; sobs - little httle - Erba man , . 'EM EM lied ' to sayW say We were too o late- late latethe lateIt late lateS1 - sled ! It S1 ! Ilit the feaat-of feaat of feast-et feast et - feast - of the caramelsi caramels caramels"roe i Little caramelsLittle caramelstttleCacopardo tttleCacopardo "roe roe " Caco Cacopardo ardo said Too lateyet late'For late lateTor ' Tor 'For For yet the Ihe what ? "Me Me Little " Erba said For the picnicCaramels picnic plcmc picniccaramels caramels We-\\'e-are We 'e e are We-we-are we - - \ we \ ' - - are the only onlylIIewho onlyswho only"tt-who only"tt onlytt who lIIe-who lIIe who " behirdTttn s-who s who & - - were left b behird beird ) } d T-ttn- T ttn Tttnn dLIttle beirdlathe . " LIttle lathe - - n - Cacopardo said AL the thetOIer thetier Sir tOIer tier children childrenM childrenM.jor childrenb'jor M.jor Mjor b'jor bjor M . ' ior Joppolo remembered what whatN tt whattt what'Chad 'Chad Chad ' ha N told Gargano to d do and he heI.Jd heail heyl I-.Jd I.Jd I .Jd Jd ail - . 'Wellnever Wellnever ' "Well Well 'Well " never mind we U II ll take takeof takeroa partyCame partytame of J Instead to a grownup party Came tame " " w VI to th us So lo usSo uslo Sohe 60 \ the \he he Major and Tina walked on on"ird onird dud ondud " ard Quattrocchi s a bouse house each"B eachB each eachiIdiig ' iIdiig handVihea handyhen " " " g a little IItue child by the band hand bandiron iron Vihea yhen they entered the house the theBin fit thefit the4tCraxl 4tCraxl muchrme Crw who had a little too much rme > In o hit his h1s belly rushed forward In InlJuement inChizement in"lent inlent Bin lJuement Chizement ! : ' " Son of Maryl he ex ex'Wed ex'd exd liibned 'Wed Wed exliibned ' Twob1 ' . . . He 'He ' hag has a tamllyl famIly I ! Two TwollHl b1 . _ . hille httie llHl llHlAA * * - - * - -AA- AA - AAA - A - boys - he patted the theglteta theJlungsterl Jlungsterl Eiteri glteta on the head- head headand bead - and a II aOlltltul IIIU1fu1 atutihtl Olltltul- Olltltul OlltltulH IU\1fu1 IU 1fu1 tutihtl \ - _ H flC * _ Eilped gulped when he saw that the'IL thesee the theTC TC 'IL IL see ' ! ( was Tina TinaMtter why14 11 ' Taster TinaTaster Mtter Iter Major he Bald said why whyYou whyyou You ou not tell us us"lt uslt ? ' BUI But " by ; this yme time tune the rest of theIttee thehue the . " ' "ttee ttee Ittee " hue had come forward andt and ( : ' confuslcn t " " fisicn sicn of their greetings over over"rdo overl1ned overbeLAed beLAed l1ned Cran Craxi a confusion Old Ca CaBrdo CaIrdo "rdo rdo Brdo Irdo " took both his bin hl well welldressedgrandson well-dressed well dressed - - ressed ressedgrandson Bandaon grandson and the ragged littlefJJ littlea little littlei'eppe a ' by their bands hands and kept them fJJ m h n tin themh themm naU aU all aUevening allevening evening Gtuaeppe Cxuaeppe i'eppe ieppe wringingbands wringingband ' met the Major wringing wringinglands desperatecel bands band , and making desperate cel Mister Major where have havebeen 10 been ? I have been looking lor for foron OIIbon lorOIIbon on aU all the balconies and in all alledrOQms bedroomsThat bedrooms allbedrooms edrOQmsItJi edroomg edrOQms edroomgIktnwa Iktnwa ItJi ItJi"l'hat "l'hat lhat That " ' Was wan * hardly bardly necessary Glu- Glu Gltr Glurope Gluthe - - ( ? rope didiii , 0C " the Major laid said What dld did didr iii . ? * wanf lant aaht ? ' + Tal 11 Cran ssd and your Sergeant aoyaare 9 : lhalnre misbehaving h hand andving ving I IScan can t do dog 9g g wIth them . ' Waltnere Waithere The Major said to Tina Wait here and he went oft off with Glu Gin Giuseppe Glusep Ginseppe sep seppe C ! > to find Craxi Cral Cra'ct Cract ' ! : and BorthMajor Borth BorthMalor Borth sharplyBorth Malor Major Joppolo PP0 ! " said sharply behave yourself yourselfTOe YOUrselfWhen When TOe " the Major Ma spoke so angrily fat angrily"rt " Cran Craxi tlptocd tiptoed "rt rt out of the room mfind roomand . _ . and Giuseppe r i iiic T\A T A TAfi \ < -fi- fi - fian - keepan followed h " m ' " to l lP " keep " --P P - ' - PTh1 an eye onurn on humThe / him /urn urn hum The ' " ' Major 01 ' and Borth were alone ' B'TOeThe BTOeThe aloneThe Th1 The Major spoke Behaveyourself again agam Behave yourself or go homeBorth home homeM13 Borth " 1 was 1 drunk because ot of the " theMajor M13 Major inuniform He Heha had [ "ever ever never " been bcen drunk In uniform before bclore But when the Ma jor Major ofcontrariness spoke so angrily that streak of madehim contrariness In Borth wh wb ch made hIm tease people so much whichmade which whichmade whichmade made him al nlvays vays laugh at serIOus serIOuspeople seriouspeople seriouspeople people and deflate pompous ones , nlt nltcw cw cwrte rte = K rnK rn ; , e er r } o oJJJ JJJ r r'c 'c c ' . 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' Thank you \ Major 1\lajor 1 lajor Joppolo saidcame said saidcame came out in him He said thickly thicklyYou thicklyYou thicklyYou You can t boss me aroundSergeant aroundSergeant around aroundSergeant Sergeant Borth the Major said saidWith saidwith saidwith With obvious emphasis on the word wordSergeant wordSergeant wordSergeant wordSergeantDon Sergeant SergeantDon Don t Sergeant me Borth saidyou said saidyou saidyou you have no thonty thortty to boss me meI meI meI I have just as much authonty authority authorityas authontyas as I ever had and it I if ! you don t be behave behave behave have- have - - haveOh Oh no you haven t t Borth forth said saidYou saidYou saidYou You can cant t boss an anybody ) body not In inAdano inAdano inAdanoBorth ' Adano I IBorth AdanoBorth Borth you re drunk Now be behave behave behave behaveJoppolo have haveJoppolo Joppolo you re fired You been beenrelieved beenrelieved beenrelieved relieved You re nobody round roundhere roundhere roundhere here And Borth began to cry cryagain cryagain cryagain cryagainBorth again againBorth Borth I don t know . what v.hat vhat you re retalking retalking retalking talking about but 1- 1 I- I 1The IThe I - The Major broke off and went wentover wentover wentover over to Borth and took him by thearm the thearm thearm arm to try to lead him outTake outTake out outTake Take your hands off oft me Borth Borthsa Borthsa Borthsa sa d He reached in his has pocket and andsaid andsaid andsaid said Here read thatMaJor thatMajor that thatMajor Major Joppolo read the order recalking re recalling recalling calling calking h m from Adano'Where Adano'Where Adano Where 'Where ' ' did you get this ' ' ' he heasked heasked heasked heaskedBorth asked askedBorth Borth was crying again Yourdesk Your Yourdesk Yourdesk desk I wanted to keep you from fromseemg fromseeing fromseemg seemg seeing it until after the partyVictor partyVictor party partyVictor Victor Joppolo put up a beaulfuI beautiful beaulfuIfront beautifulfront beautifulfront ! front tor for the rest of the even ng nguntil nguntil nguntil until the very moment when he was wassaymg wassaying wassaymg saymg saying good night mght to Tina just Inside Insideher insideher Insideher her front door Then he put his bls has . ; - : ; : : ; misersbly arms around her e-d e d and said sale misera"ly miseraly misers I bly " Im I m so unhappy , ' athis Tina Tine pushed back and looked at hIs face She put her hands on his hisshoulders hisshoulders hisshoulders shoulders and said But I thought yOU thoughtyou were so happy ! ? ' I ) IThe The Major was in control of him himself himself himself self again agam I am he be said I m msorry msorry msorry msorryIs sorry sorryIs Is it because of your wife wlfe ? Tinaasked TinaaskedNo Tina Tinaasked Tinaasked asked askedNo Inthe dothe No Tina Tma It s nothing Then in do herhouse the shadow of the stairway of her house he kissed her tenderly and andsaid andsaid andsaid said againShe Till I see you again She was frightened and she said saidWhat saidWhat What Is the matter ? Why did you yousay say nightWhat good bye instead ot of good nIght ? ? What Is the matter ? TinaIt Nothing Nothmg Tina Good Goodnight mght night TinaIt TinaIt Tina It was the middle of the morning before morningbefore Major Joppolo could get his hispapers hispapers hiapapers papers straightened up and his last lastminute lastminute lastminute minute d rect ons givenThe givenThe given givenThe The Major called the motor pooland pool pooland pooland and asked for ( or a jeep to take him himto himto himto to Vicinamare Vlclnamare VicinamareThen VlclnamareThen Then he told Borth I don t want wantto wantto wantto to say good bye to anyone Borth I Idon Idon Idon don t know whether I couldBorth couldBorth could couldBorth Borth did not mock this morning morningHe He said I am sorry |