The Expendable Man
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He was there, laughing, listening, making the proper responses; eating without tasting, drinking too much champagne, falling in love with the charm of the girl beside him. But he wasn’t there, he was in a fearful secret cave, waiting for approaching footsteps to sound, for the shape to emerge, the terrible voice to speak.
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he had to pretend the joy the others were feeling.
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They swam in long lazy strokes the length of the pool. They were arrows feathered from the high board. They