“We’ve done as well as could be expected,” he said.
Steinhart reached for a cigaret and then stopped, remembering that Kimball had had to give them up because of the flight. Kimball caught the movement and half-smiled.
“I didn’t try to kill the assignment for you, Kim,” the psych said.
“It doesn’t matter now.”
“No, I suppose not.”
“You just didn’t think I was the man for the job.”
“Your record is good all the way. You know that,” Steinhart said. “It’s just some of the things——”
Kimball said: “I talked too much.”
“You had to.”
“You wouldn’t think my secret life was so dangerous, would you,” the Colonel said smiling.