The Quiet American
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:23:03
That's what I always tell my sister.
:23:17
You think your wife will give divorce?
:23:26
I doubt it.
:23:38
When did everything change?
:23:42
Maybe there isn't one moment.
:23:47
The cable from London calling me home?
:23:50
Or watching them dancing together?
:23:53
Or what followed between us,
she and I,

:23:57
through the long night?
:24:07
I was never brave.
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But there I was, heading north,
:24:13
the fear of losing Phuong more terrifying
:24:16
than the fear of any bullet.
:24:25
The communists attacked four days ago.
:24:30
We pushed them back only yesterday.
:24:32
We think there is 300 in this village.
:24:37
- But you will not see them.
- It's getting worse, isn't it?

:24:41
How long can you keep going?
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A few months, maybe.
:24:46
My men are counting bullets.

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