Later, she asked him if he had been having a bad dream and he said it had been closer to a nightmare in technicolor. "About the war?" she asked, and he said it had been about the war.
"Darling," she said, "I wish you never have another nightmare as long as you live."
"Thanks," he said. "Do we have breakfast together?"
"No. I'm leaving with the doctors in a few minutes. Work all day."
"Dinner tonight?"
"That's out, too. I have to go to a party with the doctors at the American Embassy."
"Good. I was invited, too. I'll see you there." There was a long pause at the girl's end of the wire, and Hall said, "Jerry? Are you still listening?"
"Sure," she said.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. You're a darling. I've got to hang up now. I've got to be out of here in ten minutes."