“I’m a
Socialist,”
said
McKisco,
“I
sympathize
with
Russia.”
“Well, I’m
a
soldier,”
Barban
answered
pleasantly.
“My
business
is to kill
people. I
fought
against
the Riff
because I
am a
European,
and I have
fought the
Communists
because
they want
to take my
property
from me.”
“Of all
the
narrow-minded
excuses,”
McKisco
looked
around to
establish
a derisive
liaison
with
someone
else, but
without
success.
He had no
idea what
he was up
