"Mark let me take them out around the field trails by myself yesterday, and I can say that I walked away from it." All four dogs?" Danny asked."No, ju...t Cumulus and Red and Midnight," Josh said. "Mark and Mike have given up on trying to get Red to run in double lead with Cumulus. They're talking about getting another dog or two." That'll speed things up a little," Danny commented."Yeah," Josh said. "I read that book that Mark gave me about the Iditarod race, and in there, it talks about a guy. The ride to the airbase and back to Nawngh Kam had become routine by now, and we even dozed on the noisy helicopter. The Thai Paymaster had accompanied us back as usual. The others were waiting when we reached camp, and Starling and I hurried to Operations to relieve the person on radio watch It turned out to be Broyles.I took over radio watch and sent Starling to get some breakfast. Tweed came in later after shaving and changing uniforms to run operations. It was a very slow day. The Major. I've got some pretty good news. A Christmas present, almost." Okay." The construction company has offered you thirty-seven and a half million dollars to settle. I think we should take it." Wait a minute, please." Then I shouted for Lu. "Lu, how much is thirty-seven and a half?"Lu was just in the kitchen and she answered, "It's three seven point five, Chris." I understood decimals, but not fractions. Lu always said they were the same thing – not for me, they weren't."Okay. How much is three. "Are you expecting to put this...equipment...to use anytime soon, Ally?"asked Lexi, wrinkling her nose at the prospect."Sooner than you might expect," said Grost, "but don't worry, liebchen.The walls and door to the cellar are thick enough that we shouldn'tdisturb the delicate feminine sensibilities of you ladies."I didn't like the sound of this. Not that patronising nonsense about'delicate feminine sensibilities', but that Gruber might be torturinginformation out of someone pretty soon. Could.