"You're the celebrated architect?"
"I'm an architect, sir."
"
I wish you would condescend to answer, yes or no, sir. That's the second time. I say—you're the celebrated architect?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well, remember this. When you come into the Army what you were before you came into the Army has not the slightest importance."
"Yes, sir."
Colonel Hullocher glared in silence for a moment, and was gone. The clerk slipped out after him.
The Adjutant rose:
"Now, Cannon, we're all very busy."