| "Now, just take it easy, boyThere's nothing to itJust take it easy, and you'll make it okay"I'm all right," he said
But when he stepped to the edge and looked over, his legs were deadThe other ledge was very far awayThe rock bluffs dropped beneath him gauntly, emptily
"I'm coming," he mumbled again, but he did not moveAs he had been about to jump he had lost courage
I'll count three to myself, he thought
But he could not moveThe critical second elongated, and then was lostHis body had betrayed himHe wanted to jump and his body knew he could not make it
Across the ledge he could hear Gallagher"Get up black and white chanel cambon handbag for sale close, Minetta, and catch that useless bastard Gallagher crawled toward him through Minetta's feet, and extended his arm, glowered at him"C'mon, all you got to do is catch my handYou can fall that farGallagher was crouched at Minetta's feet, his face and arm projecting through Minetta's legsRoth stared at them, and was filled with contemptHe understood this Gallagher nowA bully, a frightened bullyThere was something he could tell themIf he refused to jump, Croft would have to come backThe patrol would be overAnd Roth knew himself at this instant, knew suddenly that he could face Croft
But the platoon wouldn't vintage gucci watch understandThey would jeer him, take relief from their own weakness in abusing himHis heart was filled with bitterness"I'm coming," he shouted suddenlyThis was the way they wanted it
He felt his left leg pushing him out, and he lurched forward awkwardly, his exhausted body propelling him too feeblyFor an instant he saw Gallagher's face staring in surprise at him, and then he slipped past Gallagher's hand, scrabbled at the rock, and then at nothing
In his fall Roth heard himself bellow with anger, and was amazed that he could make so great a noiseThrough his numbness, through his disbelief, he had a thought vintage cartier watch before he crashed into the rocks far belowA little man, tumbling through space
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