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Show 127 the Rryces to the Major, who was then preempted by Mrs Bryca herself. Groups formed, grew and broke apart, and at one point Sid heard Hal Parker ask an Engineer: "Like your new medic?" "Top flight," came the answer. "Rut look at Ma." At another he stood between two circles, caught tha interlacing conversation of each. "Hear your wife's sick," said Bryce. "Any unusual symptoms?" "Just sick. If she spoke English she'd call it nausea." "There are some new medicines - - should I send some over?" What, he wondered momentarily, would Carlton have recommended, and in his mind's eye he could see the lank figure, tha sallow face, hear the thin voice: "Aspirin. . . ." Outside, the night grew heavier. Sid stepped out once, and saw the clouds hanging dark and low. The air was close; waves broke against a nearby dock with a slow, lethargic beat. At eleven the servants removed sliding panels and revealed the table: birds, fish, teriyaki, canapes - - the women hadn't seen these on the train. " - - my brother," murmured Mrs Satterwhite, "the general - - " From time to time Sid noticed the Major. This was not his kind of party, and though Mrs Satterwhite was careful to provide |