How Shaw came to lay his hands on the key to the enigma no longer mattered. Pitt sat thoughtful for a moment, rejecting any attempt at cross-examining Heidi. Its long, spindly landing legs were curled under the ship's body, and the mining grab claws were curled just below the forward controls. corroded, and even rusty from its very occasional atmospheric landings. 'Then I'll wish you a good night, Sergeant.' Morris found Hakeswill's intimate tone unseemly, and stepped stiffly back.
He watched the road widen, and lengthen, and one morning he saw that two battalions of infantry had camped in one of the high valleys, and next day he saw the beginnings of an artillery park: three guns, a forage cart, a spare wheel wagon and four ammunition limbers. Most of thecreatures of the night wore the same costume-the black cloak, the stiff white shirt, the fine black jacket with tails, the black pants. The Vampire Lestat had taken his garments from these old black and white films. Familiar all this, though much of it was silly. In Paris, he went tovampire movies, puzzling over what seemed true and what was false. Torture, torture, torture, they began to chant, first two and three and then four. This was Campbell's downfall in more ways than one, for the back of his head was now nakedly vulnerable to a swung automatic. The unsportsmanlike but effective use of Campbell's right knee doubled Durand over in gasping agony, but enough instinct was left him to seize Campbell's shirt as he fell over backward. Durand grunted hi pain, the gun fell to the ground and a second later the two men were locked together, wrestling, kicking and punching with a fine disregard for the rules of sport, altering position so frequently that Durand's henchman at first found no opportunity to intervene. He was within one foot of Durand's gun hand when he chopped the side of his hand on the wrist that held the gun. Following the gesturing of their guns, Campbell moved between the two men.
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