The Sound of Thunder

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From the sidewalk women and a few men called comment at them.

" Geluk hoor! Shoot straight.

"Spoedige terugkonts. " And the commandos laughed and shouted back.

Sean stooped to a pretty girl who stood beside his horse. She was

waving a red scarf and suddenly Sean saw that though she smiled her

eyelashes were loaded with tears like dew on a blade of grass.

"Where are they going?" Sean raised his voice above the uproar.

She lifted her head and the movement loosed a tear; it dropped down her

cheek, slid from her chin and left a tiny damp spot on her blouse.

"To the train, of course."

"The train? Which train?"

"Look, here come the guns."

In consternation Sean looked up as the guns rumbled past, two of them.

Uniformed gunners in blue, frogged with gold, sitting stiffly to

attention on the carriages, the horses leaning forward against the

immense weight of the guns. Tall wheels shod with steel, bronze

glittering on the breeches in contrast to the sombre grey of the