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Show 150 Three Wares. 'Beware' in big letters and in little ones below: Diarrhoea. Gon/orrhea. Korea. Ever see that sign?" Smead, whose reddish complexion had begun to pale, st00d silent. "I ain't been to Korea," said the Major, "and I don't want to go. They've got whole divisions lined up in China, waiting to march. Which is why I like Japan. That colonel said if I put my toe inside that dockyard I'd pick up my paychecks in Seoul. That's why I prefer Oji, even if it's about to be blown apart." Rain continued to flood the windows; distantly there came the sound of something falling, muted and dull. "Well," said the Major, "that don't have to do with nothing, I just wanted to say it. Like that colonel said, GHQ is interested in that dockyard, and won't have any American pestering it for a pretty to hang in the shower. Officer o_r houseboy." Smead stared. In ths gloom Sid was tsmptsd to touch him to SEE if hs was warm, "Know what I'm getting at?" asked the Major. Smead whitened at the mouth, and nodded. "In case you don't, I'll spell things out. Getting things from the dockyard is a no-no. Rlackmarksting is a no-no too, but Shimomura's got ths sdgs. Lots of officsrs parlay Camals into kimonos, but not many msss around with brass." His syes narrowed. "Brass involves Brass. "Now rumor has it" - the Major did not use subtlety often |