Chapter 34
The guards that went around the city found me,
They smote me, they wounded me;
The keepers of the walls
Took away my veil from me.
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Song of Solomon, 5:7
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Earth - AD December 24, 2002
Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
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The last thing Elisabeth wanted was to be forced to celebrate Christmas. But, unfortunately, she needed food. The Canadians, the Aussies and the Poles had all gathered in the mess tent to sing Christmas carols at the top of their lungs.
"Joy to the world," the soldiers sang, "the Lord is come!"
She skulked behind them like a Christmas Grinch, to grab an intravenous drip full off coffee and slip out before the Whovillians discovered she'd absconded with the cream.
"Elisabeth!" Kadima called over the din, her words inaudible above the out-of
