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The Butcher's Bill

by

David Drake




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General Radescu straightened abruptly, glaring at the Slammers. "But I

don't care what they say, gentlemen. I didn't come here to preside

over an army sinking into a morass of lethargy and failure. I will

remove any officer who seems likely to give only lip service to my

commands.



"And--" he paused, for effect but also because the next words proved

unexpectedly hard to get out his throat "--and if I give the signal,

gentlemen, I expect you to kill everyone else in the room without

question or hesitation. I will give the signal--" he twirled the band

of his hat on his index finger "--by dropping my hat."



Glittering like a fairy crown in a shaft of sunlight, Radescu's hat

spun to the forest floor. The only sound in the copse for the next ten

seconds was the shrieking of the animal in the foliage above them.