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Show 146 a rail? 'Public relations,' said Tomo. 'And what if I don't give it?' asked the manager. Tomo laughed again. 'We have private relations, very bad private relations.* Tomo" - - her eyes cut around in contempt - - trthought it very funny. He and my brother laughed and laughed. "And the manager gave the rail. What can he do? The Americans run Japan. Headquarters does not see. Tokyo is far away and Captain Smead is near. So the manager gives up. He sends it - - and the rest - - to Higashi in a truck, several nights after dark. He said Tomo promised not to ask for anything more, but he is afraid. Nobody knows what Tomo will do." A few moments later Sid took his coat from the hook and walked out. The wind was still rising; he leaned against it, and felt his way along the board fence that separated his yard from the Major's. The B;s>jor was in, sitting in stockinged feet, watching the wind lash a bamboo grove. |