who never chafed through day after lengthening day for that which does
not come. But in the end it did come, in the form of a scrawl from the
weeping scion himself. He was mending, but very slowly, and they said it
would be a long timemonths, perhapsbefore he could get back to the
front. Meantime, they were still picking odds and ends, chiefly
metallic, out of various parts of his system.
Im one of the guys you read about that came over here to collect
souvenirs, he commented. Well, ive got all i need of em. They can
have the rest. All i want now is to get back and present a few to