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But the heavy fighting at the landings was what delayed us most. There is little of the "joy of the contest" in fighting battles with worn-out troops. Even when the men respond by doing wonders, the Commander is bound to feel his heart torn in two by their trials, in addition to having his brain tortured on anxiety's rack as to the result. The number of Officers we have lost is terrible.
Bowes, who had begun to express a doubt whether it would be prudent for him to enter the house. Mary is convalescent; the anxiety's all over, but Humplebee suddenly seized the speaker's hand, and in confused words expressed vehement joy. They talked for a few minutes, parted with cordiality, and Humplebee went home again to recover from his excitement.
"I am not an alcoholic," Caswell said, with considerable dignity. "The New York Rapid Transit Corporation does not hire alcoholics." "Oh," said the clerk, glancing distrustfully at Caswell's bloodshot eyes. "You seem a little nervous. Perhaps the portable Bendix Anxiety Reducer " "Anxiety's not my ticket, either. What have you got for homicidal mania?" The clerk pursed his lips.
In periods of stress these imperative signals register the rise and fall of anxiety's barometer. Now the quiet boards began to break into a sudden epidemic of appearing and vanishing numerals and men hurried to the booths where wires linked the central floor with outlying offices. Each line buzzed to the same portent. "Rumor credits Burton with plans for a bear raid. Watch him.