[The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane]@TWC D-Link bookThe Red Badge of Courage CHAPTER 4 7/12
He began to swear so wondrously that a nervous laugh went along the regimental line.
The officer's profanity sounded conventional.
It relieved the tightened senses of the new men.
It was as if he had hit his fingers with a tack hammer at home. He held the wounded member carefully away from his side so that the blood would not drip upon his trousers. The captain of the company, tucking his sword under his arm, produced a handkerchief and began to bind with it the lieutenant's wound.
And they disputed as to how the binding should be done. The battle flag in the distance jerked about madly.
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