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• [...] a number of Portuguese soldiers entered, one of whom, taking me for a Frenchman, for I had the French soldier's jacket on, my own being wet, snapped his piece at me, which luckily hung fire.
• We were told to hang fire on the decision until management came back with a proposal.
• “I’m just goin’ ter settle this little ——, that’s all,” said Dawes desperately.
• “What do you mean?” snapped Thomas Jordan.
• “What I say,” said Dawes, but he hung fire.