The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, prod… - Stephen Crane

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The lieutenant, returning from a tour after a bandage, produced from a hidden receptacle of his mind new and portentous oaths suited to the emergency. Strings of expletives he swung lashlike over the backs of his men, and it was evident that his previous efforts had in nowise impaired his resources.

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Stephen Crane (1 November 1871 – 5 June 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist.

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