Chapter 27‘HE’S NICELY DRESSED. HAIR is long. I don’t think he’s military. Hands too soft, unless he’s an officer. I wonder why he has no identification.’
‘I do not know,’ said Doctor Salvatore Pazano, a major in the air force and the on-duty emergency doctor at the airbase infirmary.
‘I heard there is a large special party. Maybe this man is from there.’
‘I’ll ask the MPs to wait. I want to question them more about the circumstances. Ask them about this party and advise me. This man has a very high temperature.’
‘Perhaps a flu?’
Doctor Pazano placed a gloved finger against Mateo’s lips, and spread them, and inserted a wooden tongue depressor. Then, he leaned in closer. ‘He has spots in his mouth and on his tongue. Look! See there.’
‘And on his throat too. It looks raw.’
‘Go talk to
