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with my elbow and he bumps me back
with his shoulder. We grin at one
another.
The next morning they fall in the
whole battalion on the parade ground.
The commander tells us how last night,
while the battalion was repelling an
attack, some swine broke into the
transport park’s store wagon and stole
food from his comrades. There is to be a
search of all personal property and
vehicles while we remain on the square.
‘Like hell it was from our own
comrades,’ says Arkasha. ‘Our
comrades would never have seen this
butter. We should regard ourselves as
battalion delegates for sampling food
products intended for us. Later we’ll tell