The Winds of War by Herman Wouk

Author:Herman Wouk [Wouk, Herman]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780316050098
Publisher: Hachette Book Group,
Published: 1971-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

VICTOR HENRY DETACHED TEMPORARY DUTY LONDON X RETURN BERLIN UNTIL RELIEVED ON OR ABOUT 1 NOVEMBER X THEREUPON DETACHED TO PROCEED WASHINGTON HIGHEST AIR PRIORITY X REPORT BUPERS FOR FURTHER REASSIGNMENT X

Vance said, “Glad you’ll be getting out of Berlin?”

“Overjoyed.”

“Thought you’d be. Transportation tells me they’ve got a priority to Lisbon available on the fourteenth.”

“Grab it.”

“Right.” With a knowing little smile, Vance added, “Say, maybe you and that nice little Tudsbury girl can have a farewell dinner with me and Lady Maude tomorrow night.”

Several times Blinker had asked Victor Henry to join them for dinner. Pug knew and liked Blinker’s wife and their six children. Avoiding a censorious tone, he had declined the invitations. Victor Henry knew how commonplace these things were—“Wars and lechery, nothing else holds fashion”— but he had not felt like endorsing Blinker’s shack-up. Vance now was renewing the bid, and his smile was reminding Pug that on telephoning the flat, he had found Pamela there.

“I’ll let you know, Blinker. I’ll call you later.”

“Fine!” Vance’s grin broadened at not being turned down. “Lady Maude will be charmed, and my God, Pug, she has a fabulous wine cellar.”

Victor Henry returned to the bench in Grosvenor Square. The sun still shone, the flag still waved. But it was just a sticky London evening like any other. The strange brightness was out of the air.

The President’s hasty pencilled scrawl was on a yellow legal sheet this time.

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