Never So Few Page #3

And what's your rank

and serial number?

I'm cautious, conventional

and very, very careful.

And you're on the green side of 25.

You're put together

like a Christmas package.

And you remind me of a pretty girl

I saw in a perfume ad...

...before I became a lonely soldier.

And I, too, am looking for signs

of ownership.

Are you attached to

the handsome old gentleman?

You're amusing.

It seems to be one

of your more astounding traits.

- Name another.

- Your love of combat.

You even bring the war back here

with you.

Well, sometimes men brawl

to forget combat.

Captain Reynolds,

is this your first war?

It is definitely my last.

I think you love it.

Like most men, you relish war.

Miss Vesari, this may come

as a shock to you, but I do not like war.

What did you do back home?

I worked in my father's hardware store

in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Look at you. You're having

more fun than you ever had in your life.

You're off on a great adventure.

Living in the middle of a travel poster.

And all because you found in yourself

a rare ability...

...for violence.

You are a gifted killer.

- Somebody had to leash the dogs of war.

- Of course. You're patriotic.

A fighter for freedom.

All right. So I like war.

What do you like?

I like mature men, Captain Reynolds.

They ripen a girl,

if you know what I mean.

They know how to speak

to headwaiters.

They know how to behave in public.

But certainly a little thing

like an attachment...

...wouldn't make any difference

to you?

Hell, no.

However, I'm always interested

in improving myself.

What could you offer me?

I could send you flowers,

I could mow your lawn...

...I could buy you an ice cream soda.

- And we could hold hands in the movies.

- You tempt me.

But on second thought,

you couldn't even afford my cook.

- I'm not in the same league with-?

- The old gentleman?

Financially.

You are not in the same league with him

in any department.

Miss Vesari...

- ... can I see you again?

- Hell, no.

Nikko?

Yes, my dear?

Thank you for your hospitality.

I'd like to return it. We are going

tomorrow to our cottage in Kawagar.

Very rural. Very away from it all.

If you do ever get leave,

please stop around anytime.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night.

- Good night, Miss Fitch.

I will see you in the morning?

Yes, sir. 0800, sir.

Good night, gentlemen.

Well.

Danny, you know anything

about this guy, Regas?

- Well-

- Supposed to be in shipping...

...but I think he's an opium smuggler

in wolves' clothing.

What about Carla Vesari?

She's quite a crock of curry.

Nikko Regas is a shy, retiring

bloodsucker of all trades.

- What about Carla?

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