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He couldn’t have shut his mouth one sentence sooner, could he? Crap!
Mike finally satisfied Miranda’s need to complete things with the explanation that Jon Swift and the Spitfire were both superior fighter craft in any era.
During the game of Rummy, Jeremy had regaled them about it being one of the few planes that was used throughout the Second World War and beyond. It had gone through many modifications, but it was still one of the few planes to span the whole war without becoming obsolete. As had its adversary, the Me 109.
Miranda finally headed for bed and Mike turned out the light, but found himself reluctant to leave the beautiful table.
Instead, he sat there, slowly shuffling and reshuffling the card deck. Other than flashes of palest white, reflections of the emergency egres
