It reminded him too much of the Ardennes for comfort. He stamped his feet to induce a little warmth and lit a cigarette.Sergeant Hoover had started a wood fire, and the men, only five of them now, crouched beside it. Anderson, O'Grady, Garland and Finebaum who'd once played clarinet with Glenn Miller and never let anyone forget it. Just now he was on his face trying to blow fresh life into the flames. He was the first to notice Howard.'Heh, the captain's up and he don't look too good.''Why don't you try a mirror?' Garland inquired. 'You think you look like a daisy or something?''Stinkweed - that's the only flower he ever resembled,' O'Grady said.'That's it, hotshot,' Finebaum told him. 'You're out. From here on in you find your own beans.' He turned to Hoover. 'I ask you, Sarge. I appeal to your better nature. Is that the best these mothers can offer after all I've done for them?''That's a truly lousy act, Finebaum, did I ever tell you that?' Hoover poured coffee into an aluminium cup.
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