
Young officers crowded the broad veranda while you held the blue order appointing you to Horse Artillery. A year in India, and Darrell already receives the prize the rest of us have waited for. You step into this one-chapter preview with General Hemsworth at the center, where choices turn on the people, promises, and pressure already in the room. The lid rose on bright cloth as tomorrow's riders remained an unanswered judgment. The chapter closes on a continuation question rather than resolving the novel's larger arc.
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