The silent places : [a story] . backfrom the utterance of the hearty words of greetingthat had been on his tongue. A dull, apathetic in- 148 THE SILENT PLACES difference to everything except the chains of his imprisonment enveloped his spirit. All right, he answered, grudgingly. Sam deftly unwound the bandages, examiningclosely the condition of the foot. Bones in place all right, he commented. Hasthe girl rubbed it and moved it every day? Yes. Any pain to amount to anything now? No. Pretty dull work lying on your back all daywith nothing to do. Yes. Took in the country to southeast. Didnt find
The silent places : [a story] . backfrom the utterance of the hearty words of greetingthat had been on his tongue. A dull, apathetic in- 148 THE SILENT PLACES difference to everything except the chains of his imprisonment enveloped his spirit. All right, he answered, grudgingly. Sam deftly unwound the bandages, examiningclosely the condition of the foot. Bones in place all right, he commented. Hasthe girl rubbed it and moved it every day? Yes. Any pain to amount to anything now? No. Pretty dull work lying on your back all daywith nothing to do. Yes. Took in the country to southeast. Didnt findanything. Picked up a pretty good dog. Parthusky. Dick had no comment to make on this. Samfound May-may-gwan making friends with thedog, feeding him little scraps, patting his head,above all wrinkling the end of his pointed nose inone hand and batting it softly with the palm of theother. This caused the dog to sneeze, violently, buthe exhibited every symptom of enjoyment. Theanimal had long, coarse hair, sharp ears set alertly.
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