Mary's eye had swollen and blackened, giving her the grotesque look she believed would protect her. By early afternoon the river was in sight and Lawford suggested they should rest on its bank. At midday they rested in the small shade offered by a grove of bamboos, then pressed on again beneath the baking sun. A deer skittered away from their path in the late morning and an hour later an excited troupe of small monkeys scampered beside diem. They skirted the nearest village, watched by cows with pendulous folds of skin hanging beneath their necks, then they walked through groves of cocoa trees as the sun climbed. All three were tired, and Sharpe was plainly weakened by the loss of blood, but anticipation gave them all a nervous energy. They walked south towards the gleam of water. Mackay was an eager young officer who did his best to see the good in everybody, and though he found the Sergeant from the 33rd somewhat daunting, he did his best to communicate his own enthusiasm. So you're back in my command, are you? That's splendid, just splendid. He dipped his uncle's pen and wrote the name Lawrence Stratford neatly and quickly, as he had done several times on less important papers in the past. Henry straightened, fighting a sudden wave of nausea, and quickly took several papers from his briefcase. The torches were burning brightly before the entrance. Actually, nine of the now twenty FM manifestations, Rudney said.
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