Hit Them Fast, Hit Them Hard, And

Most Actors Are Small, Anyway - At Least Compared To Me.

The Third Guy Was Different. He Was What You Got When You Ate Squirrels For Four Generations. Smarter Than A Rat And Tougher Than A Goat, And Jumpier Than Either One.

What Do I Miss About The Uk? Sadly, Almost Nothing. Maybe The Midnight Sun, In June In The North. That's All.

People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Stereos. Sometimes Tens Of Thousands. There Is A Specialist Industry Right Here In The States Which Builds Stereo Gear To A Standard You Wouldn't Believe. Tubed Amplifiers Which Cost More Than A House. Speakers Taller Than Me. Cables Thicker Than A Garden Hose. Some Army Guys Had That Stuff. I'd Heard It On Bases Around The World. Wonderful. But They Were Wasting Their Money. Because The Best Stereo In The World Is Free. Inside Your Head. It Sounds As Good As You Want It To. As Loud As You Want It To Be.

People, Reacher Was Certain About. Dogs Were Different. People Had Freedom Of Choice. If A Man Or A Woman Ran Snarling Toward Him, They Did So Because They Chose To. They Were Asking For Whatever They Got. His Response Was Their Problem. But Dogs Were Different. No Free Will. Easily Misled. It Raised An Ethical Problem. Shooting A Dog Because It Had Been Induced To Do Something Unwise Was Not The Sort Of Thing Reacher Wanted To Do.