she died at two-thirty-six . '' and a wife , maybe , would better restrain him , and hold off the shadow . ' when they reached , 400 , they stopped . 'a salute is generally in order , sergeant . ' it took about half the yard for bagel to catch up with it . without taking his lips from mine , his hands joined the mission and easily released the latch . he had never killed a man before but being a soldier he knew it would be required of him at some time . 