31. The other men were standing well to one side expecting violence and the soldier finished his cigarette and put his hands into his pockets instead of holding them high. 32. Benjamin stepped to one side as if to pass and both men stood back, their hands going to their swords. 33. Raising his head, he looked past her to where the two men were standing, seemingly as bemused by his sudden intervention as she was herself. 34. It was Capt Brown who decided where the recall man should stand, and he had failed to put Mr Evans in the right place. 35. And as the two men stood together Friday, they seemed somewhat more at ease. 36. An overweight man stood in front of the diet concoctions, studying them intently. 37. And now there was one night when this man stood cleansed of all the hurt and pain. 38. Another man stood accused of assault in what seemed to have been a scuffle with a neighbor. 39. Another time, an elderly man was left standing naked in broad daylight after members of Eastside Los Cuatro Milpas stole his pants and laughed at him. 40. Another man is standing in the middle of the room, rotating his raised arms. |