Ace had 39 freckles; 19 on his face, 16 on his shoulders and arms hardly visible under the tan, three scattered on his clavicle, and one on his left hip that was probably a mole, but Smoker wasn't picky. That he had the time and opportunity to count was troublesome to the Marine's rigid mental structure, though he didn't have the heart to shove his sleeping companion out of bed to make room for work. Or, rather, he had too much heart, and therein lay the root of the problem. Nothing was quite so irksome to a man like Smoker than the realization he was perfectly content with such a senseless pastime.