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me," Linda said, as she and Beth walked toward the
supply area.
"Don't make any snap conclusions," Beth
warned her. "The general is sometimes hard to read."
She grinned. "Besides, I think you're wrong. He
was sizing you up a few minutes before you joined us. I
was watching him."
"I heard he was a womanizer."
"He likes the ladies, for sure."
"How old is he?"
was "Bout fifty."
"That's what I guessed. You been with him long?"
"Pretty good while. We've been in some
scraps, I'll tell you that for sure."
"He married?"
"No. I think he was, a long time ago;
or else they were just living together. She was killed
during the battle for the Tri-States. Tina is his
adopted daughter. Buddy is his blood son. By a
woman that now hates both Ben and Buddy."
"Sister Voleta?"
"That's right. News gets around."
"General Raines is an ... interesting-looking
man," Linda said. "He can be very ... well,
intense when he looks at you."
"He is also one of the most dangerous people you'll ever
meet. And he likes to take chances. It can get
interesting staying around him too. He'll usually find
some way to get right in the middle of a fight."
"I thought generals were supposed to direct operations
from far behind the lines, in some safe bunker?"
Beth laughed. "Not in the Rebel army, honey.
And for sure, not Ben Raines. You'll see."
Linda looked around her at the crush of Rebels,
drawing supplies, checking in malfunctioning
equipment, and receiving other equipment. Many were lined
up at MASH tents for medical or dental work.
She did not see a single person just loafing.
Beth seemed to read her thoughts as she followed the
woman's eyes. "There's a war on in the lower
forty-eight. And the sooner we win it down
here, the sooner we'll head for Alaska and kick
butt up there."
"And then?"
"Europe."
"Europe!
Isn't that a rather ambitious undertaking?"
Beth shrugged. "Not really. We've kicked ass
all over the United States, haven't we?"
"Maybe they don't want the Rebel way over