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Part 40 (1/2)
”Yes.”
”Did you ever break down like Val?”
”I was older.”
”There were plenty of boys of nineteen, officers and men. Did you ever know such another case so complete, so prolonged?”
”I've commanded a firing party.”
”For cowardice?”
”For cowardice.”
”A worse exhibition than Val's?”
”Isabel, you are pitiless!”
”Because Val deserves justice not mercy. It's his due: he died to earn it.”
Hyde was silent, not thoroughly understanding her.