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Then they got up, slung their packs, and snowshoed offsoutheastward. He was too thoroughly tired. Now he sat down heavily in a camp chair, had his orderly pull his bootsoff, and his stockings. His predictions had very largely beenaccurate, seemingly more accurate than the T'swa commander's, and theKomarsi had ended up badly bloodied.

Undsvin was looking upward, waiting. Food had been providedfor Varky's rucksack-cheese, bread, honey in a can-and insect repellent,which he could have done without but was happy to have. Bombardment was by daylight, whenthere were no visible muzzle flashes, and the Komarsi never located them. Second Battalion's radio trafficceased too.