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They
were
comfortably
disposed
in
a
dry
,
gravelly
dugout
just
opposite
the
mines
and
barbed
wire
which
cut
off
the
southwest
corner
of
the
perimeter
;
on
the
other
side
Rommel
hung
doggedly
on
to
his
single
piece
of
the
Tobruk
territory
.
A
big
.50
-
caliber
Browning
machine
gun
shared
the
hole
with
them
,
cases
of
ammunition
neatly
beside
it
,
but
no
one
seemed
very
energetic
or
interested
in
the
possibility
of
attack
.
Their
rifles
were
propped
against
one
wall
,
bayonets
glittering
in
the
brilliant
Tobruk
sun
.
Flies
buzzed
everywhere
,
but
all
four
were
Australian
bushmen
,
so
Tobruk
and
North
Africa
held
no
surprises
in
the
way
of
heat
,
dust
or
flies
.
"
Just
as
well
youse
is
twins
,
Jims
,
"
said
Col
,
throwing
pebbles
at
the
lizard
,
which
did
n't
seem
disposed
to
move
.
"
Youse
look
like
a
pair
of
poofters
,
all
tied
up
together
.
"
"
You
're
just
jealous
.
"
Jims
grinned
,
stroking
Patsy
's
belly
.
"
Patsy
's
the
best
pillow
in
Tobruk
.
"
"
Yair
,
all
right
for
you
,
but
what
about
poor
Patsy
?
Go
on
,
Harpo
,
say
something
!
"
Bob
teased
.
Patsy
's
white
teeth
appeared
in
a
smile
,
but
as
usual
he
remained
silent
.
Everyone
had
tried
to
get
him
to
talk
,
but
no
one
had
ever
succeeded
beyond
an
essential
yes
or
no
;
in
consequence
nearly
everyone
called
him
Harpo
,
after
the
voiceless
Marx
brother
.
"
Hear
the
news
?
"
asked
Col
suddenly
.
"
What
?
"
"
The
Seventh
's
Matildas
got
plastered
by
the
eighty-eights
at
Halfaya
.
Only
gun
in
the
desert
big
enough
to
wipe
out
a
Matilda
.
Went
through
them
big
buggers
of
tanks
like
a
dose
of
salts
.
"
"
Oh
,
yeah
,
tell
me
another
!
"
said
Bob
skeptically
.
"
I
'm
a
sergeant
and
I
never
heard
a
whisper
,
you
're
a
private
and
you
know
all
about
it
.
Well
,
mate
,
there
's
just
nothing
Jerry
's
got
capable
of
wiping
out
a
brigade
of
Matildas
.
"
"
I
was
in
Morshead
's
tent
on
a
message
from
the
CO
when
I
heard
it
come
through
on
the
wireless
,
and
it
is
true
,
"
Col
maintained
.
