Isobel turned to the big Californian. "What's on the radio, Cliff?"

"Let's go get a cup of coffee," he said. "All hellzapoppin."

* * * * *

They went into the larger of the two Tuareg tents, and Isobel poured

water from a girba into the coffee pot which she placed on a heat

unit, flicking its switch. She said sarcastically, from the side of

her mouth, "A message, O El Hassan, from the Department of Logistics,

subdepartment Commissary of Headquarters of the Commander in Chief.

Unless you get around to capturing some supplies in the near future,

your food is going to be prepared over a camel dung fire. This heat

unit is fading out on me."

"Don't bother me with trivialities," Homer told her. "I've got _big_

things on my mind."

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